courier

See also: Courier

English

Etymology

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Borrowed from Anglo-Norman courrier, from Old French coreor, agent noun of corir (“to run”). Doublet of horse and course.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkʊɹ.ɪə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkʊɹ.i.ɚ/, /ˈkɜɹ.i.ɚ/
• Rhymes: -ʊriə(r)

Noun

courier (plural couriers)

1. 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?"

   Synonyms: guide, rep, tourist guide

2. a person who delivers messages

   Synonym: messenger

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
   • 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.

Translations

person who looks after and guides tourists

• Bulgarian: екскузовод m (ekskuzovod)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 領隊／领队 (zh) (lǐngduì)

• Finnish: opas (fi)
• German: Reiseführer (de) m
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• Hungarian: idegenvezető (hu)
• Japanese: 旅行添乗員 (ryokōtenjōin), ツアーコンダクター (tsuākondakutā)
• Latin: nūntius (la) m
• Portuguese: guia (pt) m or f
• Russian: экскурсово́д (ru) m (ekskursovód), гид (ru) m (gid)

person who delivers messages

• Bulgarian: куриер (bg) m (kurier), пратеник (bg) m (pratenik)
• Burmese: တမန် (my) (ta.man)
• Chinese:

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

• Danish: kurer
• Dutch: koerier (nl) m
• Finnish: lähetti (fi), kuriiri (fi)
• French: coursier (fr) m, messager (fr) m
• Galician: mensaxeiro m
• German: Kurier (de) m
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἀστάνδης m (astándēs)

• Hebrew: שליח (he) m (shalyakh), שליחה f (shlikha)
• Hungarian: futár (hu), küldönc (hu)
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• Irish: eachlach m or f
• Italian: corriere (it) m
• Japanese: 郵便配達人 (ゆうびんはいたつにん, yūbin haitatsunin) (of postoffice), メッセンジャー (messenjā)
• Latin: cursor m, nūntius (la) m, tabellārius m
• Maori: karere, kaiwaewae
• Persian: پیک (fa) (peyk), برید (fa) (barid)
• Portuguese: mensageiro (pt) m, estafeta m or f
• Russian: курье́р (ru) m (kurʹjér), посы́льный (ru) m (posýlʹnyj)
• Spanish: mensajero (es) m, estafeta m or f (Latin America)
• Swedish: kurir (sv)

company that delivers messages

• Bulgarian: куриерска служба f (kurierska služba)
• Finnish: lähettiyritys
• German: Kurierdienst m
• Italian: corriere (it) m
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• Japanese: 急使 (kyuushi)
• Portuguese: correio (pt) m
• Russian: курье́рская слу́жба f (kurʹjérskaja slúžba)

company that transports goods

• Finnish: kuriiriyritys
• Japanese: 運送会社 (unsōgaisha), 宅配会社 (takuhai-gaisha)
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• Portuguese: transportadora f

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.

Anagrams

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkuɾjeɾ/ [ˈku.ɾjeɾ]

Noun

courier m or f (plural couriers)

1. courier