courier
noun
[ ˈkʊrɪə ]
• a company or employee of a company that transports commercial packages and documents.
• "the cheque was dispatched by courier"
Similar:
messenger,
special messenger,
dispatch rider,
letter carrier,
mail carrier,
runner,
bearer,
message bearer,
message carrier,
delivery man,
delivery woman,
conveyor,
envoy,
emissary,
harbinger,
herald,
pursuivant,
forerunner,
legate,
estafette,
• a person employed to guide and assist a group of tourists.
• "he worked as a courier on a package holiday to Majorca"
courier
verb
• send (goods or documents) by courier.
• "your order can be couriered to you in three days"
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’.
