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cossid

UK/ˈkɒsɪd/

cossid noun: a courier or messenger.

Noun (1)

cossid (plural cossids)

  1. A courier or messenger.
    • On the 28th April a cossid arrived here from the Sirdars of Candahar, with letters from Dost Mahomed Khan, and Nawab Jubbar Khan.1834, “News from Candahar”, in Accounts and Papers, 11.XL
    • As elsewhere, contact was maintained by means of fleet-footed messengers, known as cossids, who took their lives in their hands running the gauntlet with secret despatches concealed on them.1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society, published 2010, page 221

Noun (2)

cossid (plural cossids)

  1. Any moth of the family Cossidae of carpenter miller moths.

Forms of cossid

pluralcossids
alternative formcosset

Origin of cossid

From Arabic قَاصِد (qāṣid, “courier”).

Questions about cossid

What does cossid mean?
Cossid means a courier or messenger.
What part of speech is cossid?
Cossid is a noun.
How do you pronounce cossid?
Cossid is pronounced /ˈkɒsɪd/ (UK).
What is the plural of cossid?
The plural of cossid is cossids.

Words near cossid in the dictionary

  1. cossetting
  2. Cossey
  3. Cosseys
  4. cossic
  5. cossical
  6. cossid
  7. cossids
  8. cossie
  9. cossies
  10. cossike
  11. Cossimbazar

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