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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.]
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