courier

noun

/ˈkʊriə(r)/

/ˈkʊriər/

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a person or company whose job is to take packages or important papers somewhere
- We sent the documents by courier.
- I’ll send a courier with the blueprints.
- Urgent deliveries of medicine may be sent by motorcycle courier.
Topics Transport by car or lorryc1, Jobsc1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- drug
- motorbike
- motorcycle
- …
verb + courier
- act as
- send
- use
- …
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(British English) a person who is employed by a travel company to give advice and help to a group of tourists on holidayTopics Holidaysc2, Jobsc2

Word Originlate 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’.

courier

verb

/ˈkʊriə(r)/

/ˈkʊriər/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they courier	/ˈkʊriə(r)/ /ˈkʊriər/
he / she / it couriers	/ˈkʊriəz/ /ˈkʊriərz/
past simple couriered	/ˈkʊriəd/ /ˈkʊriərd/
past participle couriered	/ˈkʊriəd/ /ˈkʊriərd/
-ing form couriering	/ˈkʊriərɪŋ/ /ˈkʊriərɪŋ/

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courier something to send a package, important papers, etc. by courier (= not by normal post)
- Courier that letter—it needs to get there today.