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    currier
    noun
    a person who dresses and colors leather after it is tanned.
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    Currier
    noun
    Nathaniel, 1813–88, U.S. lithographer.

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.


Currier 2 American  
[kur-ee-er, kuhr-] / ˈkɜr i ər, ˈkʌr- /

noun

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


currier British  
/ ˈkʌrɪə /

noun

  1. a person who curries leather

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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

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“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

I worked, during my second ten years, as a journeyman tanner and currier; knocked by fate and the boss from shop to shop and from town to town.

From An Anarchist Woman by Hutchins Hapgood

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 Max Duncker

So soon as Samdadchiemba learned that St. Paul had been at the same time a currier and an apostle, he forthwith abdicated his idleness and his self-sufficiency, and applied himself with ardour to rope-making. 

From Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6 Volume 2 by Évariste Régis Huc

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

Now leading an independent company, Jim Currier is navigating the booming—and demanding—defense and aviation industries.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 29, 2026

He noted that within the past couple of weeks, Jim Currier, the CEO of Honeywell’s aerospace technologies business, met with President Donald Trump.

From MarketWatch Mar. 17, 2026

New Mexico Oil and Gas Association CEO Missi Currier said the disagreement between Legislature and State Land Office threatens to penalize petroleum producers and public beneficiaries as leases are sidelined.

From Seattle Times Mar. 7, 2024

Mr. Phillips’s message resonated with Gabriele Currier, 68, a retiree from Enfield, N.H., who plans to vote for him.

From New York Times Jan. 19, 2024

She says that Phineas returns from New York to the family's New Hampshire home early in 1851 to work for Mr. Jonathan Currier in his livery stable in the nearby town of Hanover.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman

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