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

He was a currier in Philadelphia, a preacher in the Society of Friends, characterized by kindly feelings, and a very tender conscience.

From Isaac T. Hopper by Child, Lydia Maria Francis

Cock Lovell is a fraudulent currier who gathers round him a rascally collection of tradesmen.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various

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

From Strange Stories from the Lodge of Leisures by Unknown

"I am Robert Briquet, the terror of schismatics, the friend of the Union, and a fierce Catholic; and you are not Nicholas Gimbelot, the currier."

From The Forty-Five Guardsmen by Dumas père, Alexandre