currier

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun United States lithographer who (with his partner James Ives) produced thousands of prints signed `Currier & Ives' (1813-1888)
noun a craftsman who curries leather for use

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

John Shower, pastor of the Presbyterian Congregation at Curriers’ Hall, London Wall. — The Journal to Stella, Jonathan Swift
Gascromh, an instrument for trenching ground, shaped like a currier's knife with a crooked handle. — The Pirate: Andrew Lang Edition, Walter Scott
He wants the blood of the people in the next village, who have had smallpox and cattle plague pretty badly, and by the help of a wizard, a currier, and several pigs have passed it on to his own village. — The Works of Rudyard Kipling: One Volume Edition, Rudyard Kipling

Nathaniel Currier

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