Courier
[kur-ee-er, koo r-] /ˈkɜr i ər, ˈkʊər-/
noun
1.
a messenger, usually traveling in haste, bearing urgent news, important reports or packages, diplomatic messages, etc.
2.
any means of carrying news, messages, etc., regularly.
3.
the conveyance used by a courier, as an airplane or ship.
4.
Chiefly British. a tour guide for a travel agency.
/ˈkʊərɪə/
noun
1.
a special messenger, esp one carrying diplomatic correspondence
2.
a person who makes arrangements for or accompanies a group of travellers on a journey or tour
verb
3.
(transitive) to send (a parcel, letter, etc) by courier
n.
mid-14c., from Anglo-French courrier, from Old French coreor, ultimately an agent noun from Latin currere “to run” (see current (adj.)).
noun
A small-time drug dealer or drug runner: the courier does not get much money
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