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

“A courier is expected from Washington:” pronounce cou in courier so as to rhyme with too, never like currier; the two words have entirely distinct significations.

From Five Hundred Mistakes of Daily Occurrence in Speaking, Pronouncing, and Writing the English Language, Corrected by Anonymous

He is certain to become a colourless and uninteresting child; he runs a grave risk of growing sly, broken-spirited, and a currier of favour.

From The Nervous Child by Cameron, Hector Charles

The carpenter and joiner, the currier, the shoemaker, the smith and goldsmith, the mason and painter, pursue their occupations before our eyes.

From The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) by Duncker, Max

The tanner, currier, shoemaker, the manufacturer, with his swift-flying shuttles, the operator tending his looms and spinning-jennies, the tailor with his sewing-machines, the gunsmith, the harness-maker, the blacksmith,—all trades and occupations have been employed.

From My Days and Nights on the Battle-Field by Coffin, Charles Carleton