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词汇 currier
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Definition of currier in English:

currier

noun ˈkʌrɪəˈkəriər
  • A person who curries leather.

    制革匠,鞣皮工

    Example sentencesExamples
    • 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.
    • Leather was softened or beaten by people called curriers, or gurriers.
    • A thousand years ago, all this had to be done over a smooth beam with a series of tools by a man who became known as a ‘currier’.
    • The upholstery is made by the Italian currier.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French corier, from Latin coriarius, from corium 'leather'.

Rhymes

furrier, spurrier, worrier

Definition of currier in US English:

currier

nounˈkəriərˈkərēər
  • A person who curries leather.

    制革匠,鞣皮工

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The upholstery is made by the Italian currier.
    • A thousand years ago, all this had to be done over a smooth beam with a series of tools by a man who became known as a ‘currier’.
    • 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.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French corier, from Latin coriarius, from corium ‘leather’.

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