cossid

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UK/ˈkɒsɪd/

noun

A courier or messenger.

OriginArabic قَاصِد →
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Meanings

cossid1

nouncossid (plural cossids)

plural cossids · alternative cosset

  1. A courier or messenger.

    On the 28th April a cossid arrived here from the Sirdars of Candahar, with letters from Dost Mahomed Khan, and Nawab Jubbar Khan.

    1834, “News from Candahar”, in Accounts and Papers, 11.XL
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    As elsewhere, contact was maintained by means of fleet-footed messengers, known as cossids, who took their lives in their hands running the gauntlet with secret despatches concealed on them.

    1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society, published 2010, page 221

cossid2

nouncossid (plural cossids)

plural cossids

  1. biologyAny moth of the family Cossidae of carpenter miller moths.

Origin

  1. Arabicقَاصِد“courier”
  2. Englishcossid

From Arabic قَاصِد (qāṣid, “courier”).

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APA

cossid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cossid

MLA

“cossid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cossid. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cossid,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cossid.

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