currier

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currier¹

  • /ˈkʌɹɪɚ/
  • /ˈkərɪjə(r)/ South Asia

Sounds like career · Rhymes with -ɪə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

From Old French corier, from Latin coriarius (“tanner, currier”).

noun curriers

  1. A specialist in the leather processing industry, who dresses the leather by beating, rubbing, scraping and colouring.
  2. One who grooms a horse with a curry comb.

Currier²

proper noun Curriers

  1. A surname originating as an occupation for a currier.

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noun a specialist in the leather processing industry

Русскийкоже́вник kožévnik

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@misc{currier_2026,
  title = {currier},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/currier},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}