currier

currier
/kerr"ee euhr, kur"-/, n.
1. a person who dresses and colors leather after it is tanned.
2. a person who curries horses.
[1350-1400; CURRY2 + -ER1; r. ME cur(r)iour, cor(r)iour < AF < L coriarius, equiv. to cori(um) leather + -arius -ARY]

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