courier

nounverbcommon in dialogue

United Kingdom//ˈkʊ.ɹi.ə//
United States//ˈkʊɹ.i.ɚ//
United States//ˈkɝ.i.ɚ//
Scotland//ˈkʉː.ɹi.əɹ//

A person who delivers messages.

noun

1
A person who delivers messages.
2
A company that delivers messages.
3
A company that transports goods.
4
A user who earns access to a topsite by uploading warez.
You can always find musicians. There are more trackers than coders, pixelers, organizers, couriers, and designers combined.
These sites have enormous hard drives and bandwidth for couriers to distribute the software from one site to the next.
5
A person who looks after and guides tourists.
"A courier!" cried Muscari, laughing. "Is that the last of your list of trades? And whom are you conducting?"

Etymology

From a convergence of Middle English corour, currour, from Old French coreor, agent noun of corir (“to run”), and Middle English courier, a borrowing of Middle French courrier, from Italian corriere.

verb

1
To deliver by courier.
We'll have the contract couriered to you.
Workcest is a huge no no, things will never go back to their easy ways and all of a sudden your report that’s meant to be couriered to Belfast is taking snail mail… through Thailand.

Forms

plural: couriers
past tense: couriered
past participle: couriered
present participle: couriering
third person singular: couriers

coupon · A section of a ticket, showing the holder to be entitled to…courage · The quality of being confident, not afraid or easily…courageous · Of a person, displaying or possessing courage.

courier · A person who delivers messages.

Courier · A monospace font that resembles the characters produced by a…course · A sequence of events.courses · Menses.

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