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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