name
Meaning 1
A surname originating as an occupation for a currier.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
currier
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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/ˈkʌɹɪɚ/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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South-Asia: /ˈkərɪjə(r)/
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homophone: career
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rhymes with -ɪə(ɹ)
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CMU ARPABET: K ER1 IY0 ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A specialist in the leather processing industry, who dresses the leather by beating, rubbing, scraping and colouring.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
One who grooms a horse with a curry comb.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 4
a craftsman who curries leather for use
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: craftsman, artisan, journeyman, artificer
noun
Meaning 5
United States lithographer who (with his partner James Ives) produced thousands of prints signed `Currier & Ives' (1813-1888)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Nathaniel Currier
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: lithographer
History
Etymology
From Old French corier, from Latin coriarius (“tanner, currier”).
Across languages
Translations
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: кожар (kožar) — a specialist in the leather processing industry
- Czech: jirchář — a specialist in the leather processing industry
- Ido: ledro-preparisto — a specialist in the leather processing industry
- Russian: коже́вник (kožévnik) — a specialist in the leather processing industry
- Slovak: garbiar — a specialist in the leather processing industry
Real reading context