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Definition: Currier |
CurrierNoun1. United States lithographer who (with his partner James Ives) produced thousands of prints signed `Currier & Ives' (1813-1888). 2. A craftsman who curries leather for use. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: CurrierSynonym: Nathaniel Currier (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Currier |
| English words defined with "Currier": Ives ♦ James Ives, James Merritt Ives. (references) |
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![]() | Good For A Cold. / Lith. & Pub. By Currier & Ives. Credit: National Library of Medicine. | ![]() | The Wonderful Albino Family / Currier & Ives, Lith. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
![]() | Colored lithograph by Currier and Ives, 1862, entitled "The Sinking of the 'Cumberland' by the Iron Clad 'Merrimac', off Newport News, Va., March 8th 1862. 'Cumberland' went down with all her Flags flying: -- destroyed, but not conquered. Her gallant Commander Lieut. Morris calling to his crew 'Given them a Broadside boys, as she goes'.". Credit: NAVY. | ![]() | Lithograph by Currier & Ives, New York, providing a curious (and quite inaccurate) view of the action off Fort Pillow in which the Confederate River Defense Fleet, under Captain James E. Montgomery, attacked Federal gunboats. The print identifies the following ships (from left to right): CSS "Mallory" (a non-existent vessel, shown sinking); CSS Louisiana (an ironclad that had already been destroyed by this time); USS Cincinnati; USS Benton; USS Cairo; USS Carondelet; USS Saint Louis; and USS Conestoga. Credit: NAVY. |
![]() | Detroit, Michigan. Mr. Currier at his desk. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Trotting cracks at home, a model stable / sketched by Thos. Worth ; lith of Currier & Ives. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | The ferry boat / F. Palmer, del. ; N. Currier Lith. N.Y. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | The pursuit / painted by A.F. Tait ; L. Maurer, 55 ; lith. of N. Currier, N. York. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Awful conflagration of the steam boat Lexington in Long Island Sound on Monday eveg., Jany. 13th 1840, by which melancholy occurence; over 100 persons perished / drawn by W.K. Hewitt ; N. Currier. lith. & pub., N.Y. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | The Military College of Chapultepec, the ancient site of the halls of the Montezumas / lith. & pub. by N. Currier, from a sketch by Gualdi, and forwarded by Lieut. Larkin Smith, U.S.A. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Currier" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 76.92% of the time. "Currier" is used about 13 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 76.92% | 10 | 111,207 |
| Noun (singular) | 23.08% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 13 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "Currier" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Currier | Last name | 5,000 | 2,613 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expression using "Currier": Nathaniel Currier. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "Currier"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | Lëkurëpunues. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | 'υρσοδέψησ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | tímár (skinner, tanner), bőrkikészítő és festő. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | Conciatore (Skinner, tanner), Adetto Alla Strigliatura. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | caarteyder (carder, comber). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | urriercay курьер (courier, express, messenger, special messenger). (various references) Tabaklanmış Deriyi Ýşleyen Kimse, Sepici (tanner). (various references) Конюх, Шкіряник (Skinner). (various references) crwynwr (skinner). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Sumerian | 3100 BCE-2500 BCE | agab. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | coriarii, coriarium. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "Currier": currieries, curriers, curriery. (additional references) | |
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"Currier" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: corier, courrier, curiar, curier, currere, currior, guerrier, guerriera, guerrieri, guerriero. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "Currier" (pronounced ker"ēer) |
| 4 | k er" ē er | courier. |
| 3 | -er" ē er | burrier, furrier, Spurrier, worrier. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-i-r-r-r-u" | |
-1 letter: currie. | |
-2 letters: crier, curer, curie, recur, ricer, ureic. | |
-3 letters: cire, cure, curr, ecru, rice, ruer, uric. | |
-4 letters: cue, cur, ecu, err, ice, ire, rec, rei, rue. | |
-5 letters: er, re. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-i-r-r-r-u" | |
+1 letter: curriers, curriery. | |
+2 letters: recruiter, recurring. | |
+3 letters: currieries, recruiters, reincurred. | |
+4 letters: reincurring, reoccurring. | |
+5 letters: intercurrent, microsurgery, nonrecurring, resurrecting, resurrection, supercarrier. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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