currier

[ kur-ee-er, kuhr- ]

noun
  1. a person who dresses and colors leather after it is tanned.

  2. a person who curries horses.

Origin of currier

1
1350–1400; curry2 + -er1; replacing Middle English cur(r)iour, cor(r)iour <Anglo-French <Latin coriārius, equivalent to cori(um) leather + -ārius -ary

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Currier
[ kur-ee-er, kuhr- ]

noun
  1. Nathaniel, 1813–88, U.S. lithographer.: Compare Ives (def. 4).

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British Dictionary definitions for currier

currier

/ (ˈkʌrɪə) /


noun
  1. a person who curries leather

Origin of currier

1
C14: from Old French corier, from Latin coriārius a tanner, from corium leather

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