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cour·i·er

   [kur-ee-er, koor-]
noun
1.
a messenger, usually traveling in haste, bearing urgent news, important reports or packages, diplomatic messages, etc.
2.
any means of carrying news, messages, etc., regularly.
3.
the conveyance used by a courier, as an airplane or ship.
4.
Chiefly British. a tour guide for a travel agency.
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Origin:
1350–1400; < Middle French cour(r)ier < Italian corriere, equivalent to corr(ere) to run (< Latin currere) + -iere < Latin -ārius -ary; replacing Middle English corour < Anglo-French cor(i)our, Old French coreor < Late Latin curritor runner; see current, -tor
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Example Sentences
  • When the load is too small to justify a truck, it is sometimes sent by courier.
  • Rowling cast a snowy owl as her orphaned hero's courier and companion.
  • Morse code messages were woven into a sweater that was worn by a courier.
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courier (ˈkʊərɪə)
 
—n
1.  a special messenger, esp one carrying diplomatic correspondence
2.  a person who makes arrangements for or accompanies a group of travellers on a journey or tour
 
—vb
3.  (tr) to send (a parcel, letter, etc) by courier
 
[C16: from Old French courrier, from Old Latin corriere, from correre to run, from Latin currere]

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courier
late 14c., from Anglo-Fr. courrier, from O.Fr. coreor, ult. from L. currere "to run" (see current).
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courier definition


  1. n.
    a small-time drug seller; a drug runner; a carrier of contraband. (Drugs.) : The cops can catch the couriers whenever they want. It's the big guys they're after.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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