courier

Wikipedia

See also Courier

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ˈkʊr.i.ər/
• (UK) IPA: /ˈkʊr.i.ɚ/
• Rhymes: -ʊriə(r)

Noun

courier (plural couriers)

1. A person who looks after and guides tourists.
2. A person who delivers messages.
3. A company that delivers messages.
4. A company that transports goods.
5. (Internet) A user who earns access to a topsite by uploading warez.
   • 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.

Synonyms

• (person who looks after and guides tourists): guide, rep, tourist guide
• (person who delivers messages): messenger
• (company that delivers messages):
• (company that transports goods):
• (user who uploads to a topsite):

Translations

person who looks after and guides tourists

• Bulgarian: екскузовод (bg) (ekskuzovod) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 領隊 (cmn)

• Finnish: opas (fi)
• German: Reiseführer (de) m

• Hungarian: idegenvezető (hu)
• Japanese: 旅行添乗員 (ja) (ryokōtenjōin), ツアーコンダクター (ja) (tsuākondakutā)
• Russian: экскурсовод (ru) (ekskursovód) m, гид (ru) (gid) m

person who delivers messages

• Bulgarian: куриер (bg) (kurier) m, пратеник (bg) (pratenik) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 信使 (cmn) (xìnshǐ), 郵差 (cmn), 邮差 (cmn) (yóuchāi), 郵遞員 (cmn), 邮递员 (cmn) (yóudìyuán) (postman)

• Danish: kurer (da)
• Finnish: lähetti (fi), kuriiri (fi)
• French: coursier (fr) m, messager (fr) m
• German: Kurier (de) m

• Hebrew: שליח (he) (shalyakh) m, שליחה (he) (shlikha) f
• Hungarian: futár (hu), küldönc (hu)
• Italian: corriere (it) m
• Japanese: 郵便配達人 (ja) (ゆうびんはいたつにん, yūbin haitatsunin) (of postoffice), メッセンジャー (ja) (messenjā)
• Latin: cursor (la) m
• Persian: پیک (fa) (peyk)
• Russian: курьер (ru) (kurʹjér) m, посыльный (ru) (posýlʹnyj) m

company that delivers messages

• Bulgarian: куриерска служба (bg) (kurierska služba) f
• Finnish: lähettiyritys (fi)

• German: Kurierdienst (de) m
• Russian: курьерская служба (ru) (kurʹjérskaja slúžba) f

company that transports goods

• Finnish: kuriiriyritys (fi)

• Japanese: 運送会社 (unsōgaisha), 宅配会社 (takuhai-gaisha)

Verb

courier (third-person singular simple present couriers, present participle couriering, simple past and past participle couriered)

1. To deliver by courier.

   We'll have the contract couriered to you.