courier

 
Pronunciation: /ˈkʊrɪə/

noun

  • 1a company or employee of a company that transports commercial packages and documents: the cheque was dispatched by courier [as modifier]: a courier service
  • a messenger for an underground or espionage organization: a courier disguised as a commercial traveller
  • 2chiefly British a person employed to guide and assist a group of tourists: he worked as a courier on a package holiday to Majorca

verb

[with object]
  • send (goods or documents) by courier: your order can be couriered to you in three days

Origin:

late Middle English (denoting a person sent to run with a message): originally from Old French coreor; later from French courier (now courrier), from Italian corriere; based on Latin currere 'to run'