courier
/ˈkʊ.ɹi.ə//ˈkʊɹ.i.ɚ/
courier noun: a person who delivers messages.
Noun
courier (plural couriers)
- A person who delivers messages.
- Synonyms:
- messenger
- A company that delivers messages.
- A company that transports goods.
- A user who earns access to a topsite by uploading warez.
- You can always find musicians. There are more trackers than coders, pixelers, organizers, couriers, and designers combined.1999, Adrian Dunn, “Re: Using a scanned picture in your demo”, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.demos (Usenet)
- These sites have enormous hard drives and bandwidth for couriers to distribute the software from one site to the next.2005, Paul Craig, Ron Honick, Mark Burnett, Software Piracy Exposed, page 2
- A person who looks after and guides tourists.
- "A courier!" cried Muscari, laughing. "Is that the last of your list of trades? And whom are you conducting?"1914, G. K. Chesterton, “The Paradise of Thieves”, in The Wisdom of Father Brown, p. 29
- Synonyms:
- guide, rep, tourist guide
Verb
courier (third-person singular simple present couriers, present participle couriering, simple past and past participle couriered)
- To deliver by courier.
- We'll have the contract couriered to you.
- Workcest is a huge no no, things will never go back to their easy ways and all of a sudden your report that’s meant to be couriered to Belfast is taking snail mail… through Thailand.2013 December 13, CollegeTimes Staff, “How Not To Destroy Your Reputation At The Office Work Party”, in CollegeTimes.com
Proper noun capitalized: Courier
Courier (countable and uncountable, plural Couriers)
- A monospace font that resembles the characters produced by a typewriter.
- A surname originating as an occupation.
courier meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
courier in Hindi
- person who delivers messages
- संदेशवाहक sandeśvāhak
courier in Tamil
- தூதஞ்சல், தனியார் அஞ்சல், விரைவு அஞ்சலர், விரைதூதர், வேகர், வழிகாட்டி
courier in Marathi
- कुरिअर, कुरियर, कोरीयरिंग
courier in Urdu
- پیغامبر, پیک, قاصد
More languagesFewer languages
- courier in Bengali
- দূত, ধাবক, সংবাদবাহক
- courier in Telugu
- జాంఘికుడు jāṅghikuḍu
- courier in Malayalam
- സന്ദേശവാഹകൻ, ദൂതൻ, സന്ദേശഹരൻ, സന്ദേശഹാരകൻ
- courier in Kannada
- ಒಯ್ಯುಗ, ಓಲೆಕಾರ, ತುರ್ತು ಚಾರ, ವೇಗದೂತ
- courier in Punjabi
- ਕੋਰੀਅਰ, ਕੁਰੀਅਰ, ਕੁਰਿਅਰ
- courier in Odia
- କୁରିଯ଼ର, କୁରିଯ଼ର୍, କୋରିଅର୍
- courier in Nepali
- कुरियर, कोरिअर, कुरियरिङ
- courier in Indonesian
- kurir
- courier in Persian
- نامهرسان, پیک, باربری, گردشبر
- courier in Myanmar
- တမန် ta.man
Examples of courier in a sentence
- There are more trackers than coders, pixelers, organizers, couriers, and designers combined.
- A courier had carried the draft from Hong Kong to Shekki.
- A number of couriers in NYC use `fixies' -- fixed-gear bikes with no brakes.
Synonyms of courier
Forms of courier
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | couriers |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | couriers |
| present participle | couriering |
| past participle | couriered |
| past | couriered |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Couriers |
Origin of courier
From a convergence of Middle English corour, currour, from Old French coreor, agent noun of corir (“to run”), and Middle English courier, a borrowing of Middle French courrier, from Italian corriere.
Words formed from courier
Phrases with courier
Questions about courier
- What does courier mean?
- Courier means a person who delivers messages.
- What is courier in Hindi?
- Courier in Hindi is संदेशवाहक (sandeśvāhak). See Courier meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is courier?
- Courier can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce courier?
- Courier is pronounced /ˈkʊ.ɹi.ə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of courier?
- The plural of courier is couriers.
Words near courier in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: courier (page history and authors); Courier (page history and authors); courier (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); courier (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); courier (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); courier (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); జాంఘికుడు (Telugu) (page history and authors); courier (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); courier (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); courier (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); courier (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); courier (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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