courier

plural couriers

1. A person who delivers messages.

   Synonyms: messenger

2. A company that delivers messages.
3. A company that transports goods.
4. InternetA user who earns access to a topsite by uploading warez.

   These sites have enormous hard drives and bandwidth for couriers to distribute the software from one site to the next.

   2005, Paul Craig, Ron Honick, Mark Burnett, Software Piracy Exposed, page 2

   1 more example

   You can always find musicians. There are more trackers than coders, pixelers, organizers, couriers, and designers combined.

   1999, Adrian Dunn, “Re: Using a scanned picture in your demo”, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.demos (Usenet)

5. A person who looks after and guides tourists.

   "A courier!" cried Muscari, laughing. "Is that the last of your list of trades? And whom are you conducting?"

   1914, G. K. Chesterton, “The Paradise of Thieves”, in The Wisdom of Father Brown, p. 29

   Synonyms: guide, rep, tourist guide

present singular third person couriers · participle present couriering · participle past couriered · past couriered

1. transitiveTo deliver by courier.

   We'll have the contract couriered to you.

   1 more example

   Workcest is a huge no no, things will never go back to their easy ways and all of a sudden your report that’s meant to be couriered to Belfast is taking snail mail… through Thailand.

   2013 December 13, CollegeTimes Staff, “How Not To Destroy Your Reputation At The Office Work Party”, in CollegeTimes.com

plural Couriers

1. uncountablemediaA monospace font that resembles the characters produced by a typewriter.
2. countableA surname originating as an occupation.