courier

Definitions


[ˈkʊrɪə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a company or employee of a company that transports commercial packages and documents
(e.g: the cheque was dispatched by courier)

- a person employed to guide and assist a group of tourists
(e.g: he worked as a courier on a package holiday to Majorca)


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Origin:
late Middle English (denoting a person sent to run with a message): originally from Old French coreor; later from French courier (now courrier), from Italian corriere; based on Latin currere ‘to run’


[ˈkʊrɪə], (Verb)

Definitions:
- send (goods or documents) by courier
(e.g: your order can be couriered to you in three days)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English (denoting a person sent to run with a message): originally from Old French coreor; later from French courier (now courrier), from Italian corriere; based on Latin currere ‘to run’




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