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currier

/ˈkʌɹɪɚ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.34 in modern English

Syllables
cur-ri-er
IPA
/ˈkʌɹɪɚ/
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A specialist in the leather processing industry, who dresses the leather by beating, rubbing, scraping and colouring.

noun

One who grooms a horse with a curry comb.

name

A surname originating as an occupation for a currier.

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

curriers (plural)

Homonyms

career

Rhymes With

courier spurrier worrier furrier burrier here year we're near clear hear career

Questions

How do you pronounce currier?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkʌɹɪɚ/.
What does currier mean?
A specialist in the leather processing industry, who dresses the leather by beating, rubbing, scraping and colouring.
Where does currier come from?
From Old French corier, from Latin coriarius (“tanner, currier”).

How to pronounce currier

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