courier A courier is a person or organisation that delivers a message, package or letter from one place or person to another place or person. Typically, a courier provides their courier service on a commercial contract basis; however, some couriers are ...

is a person, company or vehicle that transports mail and small items. Courier may also refer to:

Arts and entertainment

* ''

The Couriers ''The Couriers'' is a series of graphic novels created and written by Brian Wood and illustrated by Rob G. and published by AiT/Planet Lar. Publication history Woods has discussed a fourth volume, saying, in mid-2009: Plot The story depic ...

'', a series of graphic novels * ''The Courier'', and ''Come Again Courier'', two novels in the 1970s Tobin series by the British author Stanley Morgan * The Courier, the player character in the video game '' Fallout: New Vegas'' * Courier (''Akudama Drive''), a fictional character from the anime ''Akudama Drive'' * ''Courier'' (album), 2002 album by Richard Shindell

Film and television

* ''Courier'' (film), a 1987 Soviet film directed by Karen Shakhnazarov * ''The Courier'' (1988 film), a 1988 British thriller film * ''The Courier'' (2012 film), a 2012 action film * ''The Courier'' (2019 film), a 2019 American-British thriller film * ''The Courier'' (2020 film), a 2020 spy film starring Benedict Cumberbatch * "The Courier" (''The Blacklist''), a 2013 episode of TV series ''The Blacklist''

Periodicals

Australia

* ''The Courier'' (Ballarat), a daily regional newspaper published in Ballarat, Victoria * ''

The Courier-Mail ''The Courier-Mail'' is an Australian newspaper published in Brisbane. Owned by News Corp Australia, it is published daily from Monday to Saturday in Tabloid (newspaper format), tabloid format. Its editorial offices are located at Bowen Hills, ...

'', a daily regional newspaper published in Brisbane, Queensland * ''The Courier'' (Hobart), a 19th-century newspaper published in Hobart, Tasmania * ''The Courier'' (Mount Barker), an independent local newspaper published since 1880 in the Adelaide Hills town of Mount Barker * ''The Courier'' (Narrabri), a regional newspaper published in Narrabri, New South Wales, Australia

Canada

* ''

The Capilano Courier The ''Capilano Courier'' is the student newspaper at Capilano University, a public university in the District of North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. First published in 1968, the ''Capilano Courier'' is staffed by students and alumni operat ...

'', a Canadian student newspaper published at Capilano College * ''

Vancouver Courier The ''Vancouver Courier'' was a Canadian semi-weekly local newspaper published in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, by the Van-Net chain owned by Glacier Media Group. In 2007, it was Canada's largest distributed community newspaper, with a wee ...

'', a Canadian semi-weekly local newspaper

United Kingdom

* ''Courier'' (Quarterly), a magazine published in Britain during the period 1938–1951 * ''The Courier'' (Dundee) or ''The Courier & Advertiser'', a broadsheet newspaper published in Dundee, Scotland * ''The Courier'' (Newcastle University newspaper), a weekly student newspaper * ''

Leamington Courier National World is a British multimedia company. The company was founded as JPIMedia Publishing Ltd in November 2018 following the acquisition of Johnston Press assets by its creditors. JPIMedia was purchased by National World PLC for £10.2 mill ...

'', a newspaper in England * ''Courier Journal'' (Oxfordshire), former name of the ''Oxford Journal'' * ''

South Oxfordshire Courier The ''South Oxfordshire Courier'' was a free newspaper distributed throughout the towns of Abingdon, Wantage, Faringdon, Wallingford and Didcot in Oxfordshire, UK. It was owned by Courier Newspapers (Oxford) Ltd and later Tri-Media Publishin ...

'', a free newspaper, distributed throughout Southern Oxfordshire * ''

Tyrone Courier The ''Dungannon News and Tyrone Courier'' is a weekly newspaper based in Dungannon, County Tyrone, with an office in Cookstown Northern Ireland. It is published by the Alpha Newspaper Group Alpha Newspaper Group is a media group, primarily in ...

'', a weekly newspaper based in Dungannon, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland

United States

* ''The Courier'' (magazine), a gaming magazine * ''

The News Courier ''The News Courier'' is a daily newspaper published in Athens, Alabama, covering Limestone County, Alabama. It is owned by Community Newspaper Holdings Inc. Today's ''News Courier'' was created in 1969, when ''The Alabama Courier'' (founded 1892 ...

'', a daily newspaper published in Athens, Alabama * ''The Daily Courier'' (Arizona), a newspaper for Yavapai County, Arizona * ''

Claremont Courier The ''Claremont Courier'' is a community newspaper based in Claremont, California, United States. It is widely regarded as the city's newspaper of record, and is often cited by other news outlets covering the city. In 2018, the ''Courier'' was na ...

'', a local newspaper published in Claremont, California * ''The Courier'' (Norwich), a newspaper published in Norwich, Connecticut * ''

Champaign–Urbana Courier The ''Champaign–Urbana Courier'' was an American newspaper published from 1877 to 1979, serving Champaign County, Illinois. History Founded as the ''Champaign County Herald'' in 1877 by S.C. Harris, it was purchased in 1879 by Milton W. Ma ...

'', called ''The Courier'' from 1971 to 1977, Illinois * ''

Lincoln Courier The ''Lincoln Courier'' is the only local daily newspaper for Lincoln, Illinois, and its surrounding circulation area, which includes Logan County. The newspaper is owned by Gannett. Founded in 1889, the ''Courier'' traces its history back to 18 ...

'', a daily newspaper published in Lincoln, Illinois * ''

Ottumwa Courier The ''Ottumwa Courier'' (formerly called ''Ottumwa Daily Courier'') is a three-day (Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday) newspaper published in Ottumwa, Iowa, United States, and covering Wapello County, Iowa. It also publishes digital-only editions on Wed ...

'', a newspaper published in Ottumwa, Iowa * ''

The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier ''The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier'' is a daily afternoon newspaper published by Lee Enterprises for people living in Waterloo and Cedar Falls, Iowa as well as northeast Iowa. The first issue of ''The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier'' was publish ...

'', a daily newspaper published in Waterloo / Cedar Falls, Iowa * ''

The Courier-Journal ''The Courier-Journal'', also known as the ''Louisville Courier Journal'' (and informally ''The C-J'' or ''The Courier''), is the highest circulation newspaper in Kentucky. It is owned by Gannett and billed as "Part of the ''USA Today'' Ne ...

'', a newspaper in Louisville, Kentucky * ''

The Houma Courier ''The Houma Courier'' is a newspaper published daily in Houma, Louisiana, United States, covering Terrebonne Parish. It was owned by Halifax Media Group until 2015, when In 2015, Halifax was acquired by GateHouse Media.Boston Courier The ''Boston Courier'' was an American newspaper based in Boston, Massachusetts. It was founded on March 2, 1824, by Joseph T. Buckingham as a daily newspaper which supported protectionism. Buckingham served as editor until he sold out completely ...

'', a newspaper published in Boston, Massachusetts * '' Charlevoix Courier'', weekly newspaper of Charlevoix, Michigan * ''

Capital City Courier The ''Capital City Courier'' was a newspaper established on December 9, 1885, by L. Wessel in Lincoln, Nebraska, to support local establishments. It was known in its early years as a society builder paper with sections of the paper devoted to lit ...

'', a newspaper published between 1894 and 1903 in Lincoln, Nebraska * ''

Courier News The ''Courier News'' is a daily newspaper headquartered in Somerville, New Jersey, that serves Somerset County and other areas of Central Jersey. The paper has been owned by Gannett since 1927. Notable employees * John Curley, former pre ...

'', a daily newspaper published in Somerville, New Jersey * ''The Courier'' (Findlay), a daily newspaper published in Findlay, Ohio * ''

Pittsburgh Courier The ''Pittsburgh Courier'' was an African-American weekly newspaper published in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from 1907 until October 22, 1966. By the 1930s, the ''Courier'' was one of the leading black newspapers in the United States. It was acqu ...

'', an newspaper published from 1907 to 1965 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania * ''The Courier'' (Conroe newspaper), a newspaper published in Conroe, Texas (Houston area) * ''

Bristol Herald Courier The ''Bristol Herald Courier'' is a 39,000 circulation daily newspaper owned by Lee Enterprises. The newspaper is located in Bristol, Virginia, a small city located in Southwest Virginia on the Tennessee border. The ''Herald Courier'' is in wh ...

'', a daily newspaper in Bristol, Virginia

Other periodicals

* ''Courier'' (Israeli newspaper), a Russian-language Israeli newspaper published in Tel Aviv * ''The Courier'' (ACP-EU), a magazine published by the Development Directorate General of the European Commission * '' The Timaru Courier'', an A3 tabloid community newspaper in the Timaru South Canterbury area of New Zealand * ''

CERN Courier ''CERN Courier'' (or sometimes ''CERN Courier: International Journal of High Energy Physics'') is a monthly trade magazine covering current developments in high-energy physics and related fields worldwide. It was established in 1959. Since October ...

'', a trade magazine covering current developments in high-energy physics and related fields * ''

Clare Courier The ''Clare Courier'' was a bi-weekly newspaper based in Ballycasey, Shannon, County Clare, Ireland. It was published every second Thursday. It attracted readers mainly in southeast County Clare and the urban Shannon, County Clare, Shannon town ...

'', newspaper based in Ballycasey, Shannon, County Clare, Ireland * '' Courier du Bas-Rhin'', published in the Prussian exclave of Kleve * ''

Dhaka Courier The ''Dhaka Courier'' (commonly known as ''the Courier'') is a Bangladeshi English-language news magazine. Founded in 1984, it is the longest running English current affairs magazine in the country. Its content is largely focused on politics, int ...

'', a Bangladeshi English language weekly news-magazine

Technology

Courier (typeface) Courier is a monospaced slab serif typeface. The typeface was designed by Howard "Bud" Kettler (1919–1999). Initially created for IBM's typewriters, it has been adapted for use as a computer font, and versions of it are installed on most deskt ...

, a monospaced slab serif typeface or font * Courier, a line of modems, manufactured by

USRobotics U.S. Robotics Corporation, often called USR, is a company that produces USRobotics computer modems and related products. Its initial marketing was aimed at bulletin board systems, where its high-speed HST protocol made FidoNet transfers much fas ...

Courier 1B Courier 1B, the world's first active repeater communications satellite, was successfully launched October 4, 1960 at 17:45:00 GMT from Cape Canaveral, Florida. The first Courier satellite in Project Courier, Courier 1A, was lost 2.5 minutes afte ...

, telecommunications satellite *

Courier (email client) Courier (also known as Courier Email) was an email client for Microsoft Windows. The software was originally released in 1996 as Calypso by Micro Computer Systems (MCS). Courier supported the POP3, IMAP and SMTP The Simple Mail Transfer Pro ...

, email client used in Microsoft Windows *

Courier Mail Server The Courier Mail Server is a mail transfer agent (MTA) server that provides SMTP, IMAP, POP3, SMAP, webmail, and mailing list services with individual components. It is best known for its IMAP server component. Courier can function as an interme ...

, computer software *

Microsoft Courier Courier was a prototype concept by Microsoft for a dual-touchscreen tablet. The device was conceived as being a digital notebook, consisting of two 7-inch touchscreens hinged together like a book, and running a custom operating system built primar ...

, a prototype tablet computer from Microsoft

Transport

Aviation

* Airspeed Courier, a pre-World War 2, British, single engined light aircraft *

C-38 Courier The Gulfstream G100, formerly known as the IAI Astra SPX, is an Israel Aerospace Industries-manufactured twin-engine business jet, that was produced for Gulfstream Aerospace. Deliveries began in 1986. The United States Air Force employs the air ...

, the US military designation for the Gulfstream G100 * Consolidated O-17 Courier, US National Guard biplane *

Helio Courier The Helio Courier is a cantilever high-wing light STOL utility aircraft designed in 1949. Around 500 of these aircraft were manufactured in Pittsburg, Kansas, from 1954 until 1974 by the Helio Aircraft Company. The design featured four lead ...

, a STOL, light aircraft *

Rans S-7 Courier The Rans S-7 Courier is an American single-engined, tractor configuration, two-seats in tandem, high-wing monoplane designed by Randy Schlitter and manufactured by Rans Inc. The Courier is available in Homebuilt aircraft, kit form for amateur ...

, a modern, two–seat light aircraft

Maritime

* Hired armed cutter ''Courier'', used by the Royal Navy, 1799–1806 * ''Ocean Courier'', a

Cameron-class steamship The Cameron-class steamships were a class of UK cargo twin-screw steamships. They were designed for Clan Line and were also used by Scottish Shire Line and the Royal Navy. The Greenock Dockyard Company built all members of the class except '' ...

* USCGC ''Courier'', US Information Agency Cold War broadcasting ship * USNS ''Courier'' (T-AK-5019), formerly ''SS Export Courier'', US Reserve Fleet reserve ship * USS ''Courier'', three ships of the US Navy

Rail

* ''Courier'', a

GWR Iron Duke Class The Great Western Railway Iron Duke Class 4-2-2 was a class of broad gauge steam locomotives for express passenger train work. History The prototype locomotive, ''Great Western'', was built as a 2-2-2 locomotive in April 1846, but was soon ...

steam locomotive * ''Courier'', a

GWR 3031 Class The Dean Single, 3031 Class, or Achilles Class was a type of steam locomotive built by the British Great Western Railway between 1891 and 1899. They were designed by William Dean for passenger work. The first 30 members of the class were built ...

locomotive, 1892–1914

Road

Sandusky Courier The Courier was a brass era car manufactured by Sandusky Automobile Company in Sandusky, Ohio Sandusky ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Erie County, Ohio, United States. Situated along the shores of Lake Erie in the northern part of t ...

, made by Sandusky in Sandusky, Ohio, US, 1904–1905 *

Courier Car Co The Courier Car Co. was an automobile manufacturer formed in 1909 by the Stoddard-Dayton Company in Dayton, Ohio, to produce smaller, lighter and lower-priced models than the luxury automobiles produced by Stoddard Dayton. Its advertisements wer ...

, Daytom, Ohio, US, 1909 *

Ford Courier Ford Courier is a model nameplate used by Ford since the early 1950s. First used in North America for a sedan delivery, the Courier nameplate has seen use worldwide for multiple types of vehicles. The Courier nameplate was also used by Ford for ...

, a light truck *

Triumph Courier The Triumph Herald is a Small family car, small two-door car introduced by Triumph Motor Company, Standard-Triumph of Coventry in 1959 and made through to 1971. The body design was by the Italian stylist Giovanni Michelotti, and the car was offe ...

, a small van based on the Triumph Herald (1962–1966)

Other uses

* ''Courier'' (1812 ship) *

Courier chess Courier chess is a chess variant that dates from the 12th century and was popular for at least 600 years. It was a part of the slow evolution towards modern chess from Medieval Chess. Medieval rules Courier chess is played on an 8x12 board (i.e ...

, a variant on the game of chess * Courier (smuggling), someone who personally smuggles contraband across a border for a smuggling organization *

Courier City-Oscawana Courier City-Oscawana is a neighborhood within the city limits of Tampa, Florida. As of the 2000 census the neighborhood had a population of 1,531. The ZIP Codes serving the neighborhood are 33606 and 33609. Geography Courier City-Oscawana bounda ...

, a neighborhood within the city limits of Tampa, Florida, US *

Jim Courier James Spencer "Jim" Courier (born August 17, 1970) is an American former world No. 1 tennis player. He won four major singles titles, two at the French Open and two at the Australian Open. He was the youngest man to reach the singles finals ...

(born 1970), American tennis player