Etymology

currier

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Today it means: A specialist in the leather processing industry, who dresses the leather by beating, rubbing, scraping and colouring. Full definition →

Old French corier ← Latin coriarius
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  1. Latin · derived fromcoriarius“tanner, currier”
  2. Old French · derived fromcorier
  3. English todaycurrier

From Old French corier, from Latin coriarius (“tanner, currier”).

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