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Russian
Etymology
Borrowed from French courier.
Pronunciation
Noun
курье́р • (kurʹjér) m anim (genitive курье́ра, nominative plural курье́ры, genitive plural курье́ров)
- courier (person who delivers messages)
- Synonym: посы́льный (posýlʹnyj)
1869, Фёдор Достоевский [Fyodor Dostoevsky], “Часть III. Глава II”, in Идиот; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., The Idiot, 1913:— Б-ба! Да ведь вот он! — воскли́кнула она́, вдруг остана́вливаясь. — То ни с каки́ми курье́рами не оты́щешь, то как наро́чно там сиди́т, где и не вообрази́шь… Я ведь ду́мала, что ты там… у дя́ди!- — B-ba! Da vedʹ vot on! — vosklíknula oná, vdrug ostanávlivajasʹ. — To ni s kakími kurʹjérami ne otýščešʹ, to kak naróšno tam sidít, gde i ne voobrazíšʹ… Ja vedʹ dúmala, što ty tam… u djádi!
- “Why, I declare, here he is!” she cried, stopping suddenly. “The man one can’t find with all one’s messengers sent about the place, sitting just under one’s nose, exactly where one never thought of looking! I thought you were sure to be at your uncle’s by this time.”
Declension