currier
/ˈkʌrɪə
/noun
A person who curries leather.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.
- The upholstery is made by the Italian currier.
Origin
Late Middle English: from Old French corier, from Latin coriarius, from corium 'leather'.