Courier

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
courier
    n 1: a person who carries a message [syn: {messenger},
         {courier}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Courier \Cou"ri*er\ (k??"r?-?r), n. [F. courrier, fr. courre,
   courir, to run, L. currere. See {Course}, {Current}.]
   1. A messenger sent with haste to convey letters or
      dispatches, usually on public business.
      [1913 Webster]

            The wary Bassa . . . by speedy couriers, advertised
            Solyman of the enemy's purpose.       --Knolles.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. An attendant on travelers, whose business it is to make
      arrangements for their convenience at hotels and on the
      way.
      [1913 Webster]
    
from Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003)
courier


   [BBS & cracker cultures] A person who distributes newly cracked
   {warez}, as opposed to a {server} who makes them available for
   download or a {leech} who merely downloads them. Hackers recognize
   this term but don't use it themselves, as the act is not part of their
   culture. See also {warez d00dz}, {cracker}, {elite}.
    
from Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
COURIER. One who is sent on some public occasion as an express, to bear 
despatches, letters, and other papers. 
     2. Couriers sent by an ambassador or other public minister, are 
protected from arrest or molestation. Vattel, liv. 4, c. 9, Sec. 123. 
    
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
48 Moby Thesaurus words for "courier":
      Gyropilot, Hermes, Iris, Mercury, Paul Revere, Pheidippides,
      automatic pilot, bearer, boatheader, boatsteerer, carrier,
      cicerone, commissionaire, cowherd, coxswain, diplomatic courier,
      dragoman, drover, emissary, envoy, estafette, express, go-between,
      goatherd, guide, guidepost, guider, helmsman, herd, herdsman,
      internuncio, mercury, message-bearer, messenger, navigator, nuncio,
      pilot, pointer, post, postboy, postrider, river pilot, runner,
      shepherd, steerer, steersman, tour director, tour guide

    

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