courier
See also: Courier
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Anglo-Norman courrier, from Old French coreor, agent noun of corir (“to run”). Doublet of horse and course.
Noun
courier (plural couriers)
- A person who looks after and guides tourists.
- 1914, G. K. Chesterton, "The Paradise of Thieves", in The Wisdom of Father Brown, p. 29:
- "A courier!" cried Muscari, laughing. "Is that the last of your list of trades? And whom are you conducting?"
- 1914, G. K. Chesterton, "The Paradise of Thieves", in The Wisdom of Father Brown, p. 29:
- A person who delivers messages.
- A company that delivers messages.
- A company that transports goods.
- (Internet) A user who earns access to a topsite by uploading warez.
- 1999, "Adrian Dunn", Re: Using a scanned picture in your demo (on newsgroup comp.sys.ibm.pc.demos)
- You can always find musicians. There are more trackers than coders, pixelers, organizers, couriers, and designers combined.
- 2005, Paul Craig, Ron Honick, Mark Burnett, Software Piracy Exposed (page 2)
- These sites have enormous hard drives and bandwidth for couriers to distribute the software from one site to the next.
- 1999, "Adrian Dunn", Re: Using a scanned picture in your demo (on newsgroup comp.sys.ibm.pc.demos)
Synonyms
Translations
person who looks after and guides tourists
person who delivers messages
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company that delivers messages
company that transports goods
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Verb
courier (third-person singular simple present couriers, present participle couriering, simple past and past participle couriered)
- To deliver by courier.
- We'll have the contract couriered to you.
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