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Plural of courier

regular plural

The plural of courier is couriers.

Forms of courier

Singularcourier /ˈkʊ.ɹi.ə/
Pluralcouriers
Countablecountable

Couriers in a sentence

  • 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 number of couriers in NYC use `fixies' -- fixed-gear bikes with no brakes.1992 August 2, David Keppel, “Tripping bicycles and motorcycles (was Re: Bicycle helmets)”, in rec.bicycles (Usenet), retrieved 15 Jul…. From the entry fixie
  • Demand for electric cargo bike couriers has boomed since first lockdown, bringing the hope of cleaner, quieter, safer streets.2022, Amelia Hill, “Cargo without carbon: the rise and rise of e-bike deliveries”, in The Guardian. From the entry cargo bike
  • Hormones are the bicycle couriers of the body, delivering chemical messages all around the teeming metropolis that is you.2019, Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants, Black Swan (2020), page 165. From the entry hormone

Meaning of courier

  1. noun A person who delivers messages.
  2. noun A company that delivers messages.
  3. noun A company that transports goods.

Full definition of courier

Questions about the plural of courier

What is the plural of courier?
The plural of courier is couriers.
Is courier countable?
Courier is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: courier (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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