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   courier

   /ˈkʊrɪə/

   noun

   • 1. a company or employee of a company that transports commercial packages and documents: "the cheque was dispatched by courier" Similar messengerspecial messengerdispatch riderletter carriermail carrierrunnerbearermessage bearermessage carrierdelivery mandelivery womanconveyorenvoyemissaryharbingerheraldhistorical:pursuivantarchaic:forerunnerlegateestafette
   • ▪ a messenger for an underground or espionage organization: "a courier disguised as a commercial traveller"
   • 2. a person employed to guide and assist a group of tourists: British "he worked as a courier on a package holiday to Majorca" Similar representativeguidetour guidetravel guidetour company representativedragomantour directorinformal:(holiday) rep

   verb

   • 1. send (goods or documents) by courier: "your order can be couriered to you in three days"

   Word Origin late Middle English (denoting a person sent to run with a message): originally from Old French coreor; later from French courier (now courrier), from Italian corriere; based on Latin currere ‘to run’.

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