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cour⋅i⋅er

  [kur-ee-er, koor-]
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–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.
Origin:
1350–1400; < MF cour(r)ier < It corriere, equiv. to corr(ere) to run (< L currere) + -iere < L -ārius -ary; r. ME corour < AF cor(i)our, OF coreor < LL curritor runner; see current, -tor
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cou·ri·er   (kŏŏr'ē-ər, kûr'-, kŭr'-)   
n.  

    1. A messenger, especially one on official diplomatic business.

    2. A spy carrying secret information.

    3. A personal attendant hired to make arrangements for a journey.

    4. An employee of a travel agency serving as a guide for tourists.

    1. A personal attendant hired to make arrangements for a journey.

    2. An employee of a travel agency serving as a guide for tourists.


[French courrier, from Old French, from Old Italian corriere, from correre, to run, from Latin currere; see kers- in Indo-European roots.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Slang Dictionary
courier

  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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Word Origin & History

courier 
c.1382, from Anglo-Fr. courrier, from O.Fr. coreor, ult. from L. currere "to run" (see current).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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