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Date: 1300-1400
Language: Old French
Origin: courrier, from Old Italian corriere, from correre 'to run', from Latin currere; COURSE1

courier

1 noun
     
Related topics: Occupations, Tourism, Transport
cou‧ri‧er1 [countable]
1BOTT a person or company that is paid to take packages somewhere
2 British English old-fashionedBODLT a rep
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