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語源

From a convergence of 中期英語 corour, currour, from Old French coreor, agent noun of corir (“to run”), and 中期英語 courier, a borrowing of Middle French courrier, from Italian corriere.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈkʊ.ɹi.ə/
• (General American) IPA: /ˈkʊɹ.i.ɚ/, /ˈkɝ.i.ɚ/
• (Scotland) IPA: /ˈkʉː.ɹi.əɹ/
• (Indic) IPA: /ˈkɵrɪjə(r)/, /ˈkʊrɪjə(r)/
• 韻: -ʊɹiə(ɹ)
• Homophone: currier (without the foot-strut split or with the hurry–furry merger)

名詞

courier (plural couriers)

1. A person who delivers messages.

   Synonym: messenger

2. A company that delivers messages.
3. A company that transports goods.
4. (Internet) A user who earns access to a topsite by uploading warez.
   • 1999, Adrian Dunn, “Re: Using a scanned picture in your demo”, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.demos (Usenet):

     You can always find musicians. There are more trackers than coders, pixelers, organizers, couriers, and designers combined.

   • 2005, Paul Craig, Ron Honick, Mark Burnett, Software Piracy Exposed, page 2:

     These sites have enormous hard drives and bandwidth for couriers to distribute the software from one site to the next.

5. A person who looks after and guides tourists.

   Synonyms: guide, rep, tourist guide

   • 1914, G. K. Chesterton, “The Paradise of Thieves”, in The Wisdom of Father Brown, p. 29:

     "A courier!" cried Muscari, laughing. "Is that the last of your list of trades? And whom are you conducting?"

派生語

動詞

courier (third-person singular simple present couriers, present participle couriering, simple past and past participle couriered)

1. (transitive) To deliver by courier.

   We'll have the contract couriered to you.

   • 2013 December 13, CollegeTimes Staff, “How Not To Destroy Your Reputation At The Office Work Party”, in CollegeTimes.com‎:

     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.

Further reading

• “courier”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

アナグラム

• Ricœur