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Definition of currier in English: curriernoun ˈkʌrɪəˈkəriər A person who curries leather. Example sentencesExamples - There have always been stealthy curriers of influence who parasitically attach themselves to powerful figures, sucking their life-bloods, and then by association becoming powerful themselves.
- Leather was softened or beaten by people called curriers, or gurriers.
- A thousand years ago, all this had to be done over a smooth beam with a series of tools by a man who became known as a ‘currier’.
- The upholstery is made by the Italian currier.
Origin Late Middle English: from Old French corier, from Latin coriarius, from corium 'leather'. Rhymes furrier, spurrier, worrier Definition of currier in US English: curriernounˈkəriərˈkərēər A person who curries leather. Example sentencesExamples - The upholstery is made by the Italian currier.
- A thousand years ago, all this had to be done over a smooth beam with a series of tools by a man who became known as a ‘currier’.
- Leather was softened or beaten by people called curriers, or gurriers.
- There have always been stealthy curriers of influence who parasitically attach themselves to powerful figures, sucking their life-bloods, and then by association becoming powerful themselves.
Origin Late Middle English: from Old French corier, from Latin coriarius, from corium ‘leather’. |