currier

¹ American  

[kur-ee-er, kuhr-] / ˈkɜr i ər, ˈkʌr- /

noun

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

2. a person who curries horses.

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Currier ² American  

[kur-ee-er, kuhr-] / ˈkɜr i ər, ˈkʌr- /

noun

1. Nathaniel, 1813–88, U.S. lithographer.

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currier British  

/ ˈkʌrɪə /

noun

1. a person who curries leather

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Etymology

Origin of currier

1350–1400; curry ² + -er ¹ ( def. ); replacing Middle English cur(r)iour, cor(r)iour < Anglo-French < Latin coriārius, equivalent to cori(um) leather + -ārius -ary

Example Sentences

“With rice, like in the dog. Currier is what makes the rice currier rice. It’s Curry in German.”

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick

"The currier hurried to raise him up and, much moved, said: "'I do not forget that it is you who saved me when you were still in misfortune.

From Strange Stories from the Lodge of Leisures by Unknown

September 24, Thomas Ravendale, a currier, and John Hart, suffered at Mayfield, in Essex; and on the day following, a young man, a carpenter, died at Bristol with joyous constancy.

From Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs by Foxe, John

The tanner and currier would strongly favour a tax upon leather, while perfectly willing that hides should be admitted free.

From Practical Politics; or, the Liberalism of To-day by Robbins, Alfred Farthing

There the currier washed himself, did his hair, and clothed himself in rich garments.

From Strange Stories from the Lodge of Leisures by Unknown