courier

courier

See also: Courier

English

Etymology

From Middle English corour, currour, from Old French coreor, agent noun of corir (“to run”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkʊ.ɹɪə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkʊɹ.i.ɚ/, /ˈkɝ.i.ɚ/

• Audio (Southern England)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ʊɹiə(ɹ)
• Homophone: currier (accents without the foot-strut split or with the hurry-furry merger)

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.

Derived terms

• courier bag

Translations

person who looks after and guides tourists

Bulgarian: екскурзово́д (bg) m (ekskurzovód) Catalan: guia (ca) m or f Chinese: Mandarin: 領隊／领队 (zh) (lǐngduì), 講解員／讲解员 (zh) (jiǎngjiěyuán) Finnish: opas (fi) Galician: guía (gl) m or f German: Reiseführer (de) m Hungarian: idegenvezető (hu) Japanese: 旅行添乗員 (ryokōtenjōin), ツアーコンダクター (tsuākondakutā) Latin: nūntius (la) m Maltese: gwida m Persian: گردش‌بر‎ Portuguese: guia (pt) m or f Russian: экскурсово́д (ru) m (ekskursovód), гид (ru) m (gid)

person who delivers messages

Armenian: սուրհանդակ (hy) (surhandak) Belarusian: кур'е́р m (kurʺjér), пасы́льны m (pasýlʹny), пасла́нец m (paslánjec) Bulgarian: курие́р (bg) m (kuriér), пра́теник (bg) m (prátenik) Burmese: တမန် (my) (ta.man) Catalan: correu (ca) m, missatger (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 信使 (zh) (xìnshǐ), 郵差／邮差 (zh) (yóuchāi), 郵遞員／邮递员 (zh) (yóudìyuán) (postman) Czech: kurýr (cs) m Danish: kurer Dutch: koerier (nl) m Esperanto: kuriero (eo) Finnish: lähetti (fi), kuriiri (fi) French: coursier (fr) m, messager (fr) m Galician: mensaxeiro (gl) m, correo m German: Kurier (de) m Greek: Ancient: ἀστάνδης m (astándēs) Hebrew: שליח‎ (he) m (shalyakh), שליחה‎ f (shlikha) Hindi: संदेशवाहक m (sandeśvāhak) Hungarian: futár (hu), küldönc (hu) Indonesian: kurir (id) 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 (la) m, nūntius (la) m, angarius m, tabellārius m Macedonian: курир m (kurir) Maltese: kurrier m Maori: karere, kaiwaewae Occitan: mandador (oc) m, mandairitz f, mandairises f pl, mandadora f Ottoman Turkish: چاپار‎ (çapar) Persian: نامه‌رسان‎ Polish: kurier (pl) m, kurierka (pl) f Portuguese: mensageiro (pt) m, estafeta (pt) m or f Russian: курье́р (ru) m (kurʹjér), посы́льный (ru) m (posýlʹnyj) Slovak: kuriér m Spanish: mensajero (es) m, estafeta (es) m or f (Latin America) Swedish: kurir (sv) Turkish: ulak (tr) sg Ukrainian: кур'є́р m (kurʺjér), поси́льний m (posýlʹnyj), посла́нець m (poslánecʹ) Zazaki: berder, berdoğ

company that delivers messages

Bulgarian: курие́рска слу́жба f (kuriérska slúžba) Finnish: lähettiyritys German: Kurierdienst (de) m Indonesian: kurir (id) Italian: corriere (it) m Japanese: 急使 (ja) (kyuushi) Persian: پیک‎ (fa) Portuguese: correio (pt) m Russian: курье́рская слу́жба f (kurʹjérskaja slúžba)

company that transports goods

Finnish: kuriiriyritys Indonesian: kurir (id) Japanese: 運送会社 (unsōgaisha), 宅配会社 (takuhai-gaisha) Persian: باربری‎ (fa) 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

• Ricœur

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkuɾjeɾ/ [ˈku.ɾjeɾ]
• Rhymes: -uɾjeɾ

Noun

courier m or f (plural couriers)

1. courier