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currier
1[ kur-ee-er, kuhr- ]
Currier
2[ kur-ee-er, kuhr- ]
noun
- Nathaniel, 1813–88, U.S. lithographer. Compare Ives ( def 4 ).
currier
/ ˈʌɪə /
noun
- a person who curries leather
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of currier1
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of currier1
Example Sentences
“With rice, like in the dog. Currier is what makes the rice currier rice. It’s Curry in German.”
Stubbs was born in Liverpool, where his father was a successful currier, or leather craftsman, whose constant handling of animal hides may have spurred his son’s childhood interest in anatomy.
The word “currier,” though early confused in origin with “to curry,” is derived from the Late Lat. coriarius, a leather dresser, from corium, hide.
The carpenter and joiner, the currier, the shoemaker, the smith and goldsmith, the mason and painter, pursue their occupations before our eyes.
"The currier hurried to raise him up and, much moved, said: "'I do not forget that it is you who saved me when you were still in misfortune.
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