US /ˈkʊriɚ/ UK /ˈkʊriə/
noun

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    a messenger who transports goods or documents, often urgently

    A courier delivered the sealed dispatch to the embassy at dawn.

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Synonyms
1 noun · a messenger who transports... messengerrunnercarrierdispatcherenvoyemissary
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Etymology

From Old French 'courrier', from Italian 'corriere' ('runner, messenger'), from Latin 'currere' ('to run').

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