Courier

courier

[BBS & cracker cultures] A person who distributes newly cracked warez, as opposed to a server who makes them available for download or a leech who merely downloads them. Hackers recognize this term but don't use it themselves, as the act is not part of their culture. See also warez d00dz, cracker, elite.

--The Jargon File version 4.3.1, ed. ESR, autonoded by rescdsk.

Cou"ri*er (k??"r?-?r), n. [F. courrier, fr. courre, courir, to run, L. currere. See Course, Current.]

1.

A messenger sent with haste to convey letters or dispatches, usually on public busuness.

The wary Bassa . . . by speedy couriers, advertised Solyman of the enemy's purpose. Knolles.

2.

An attendant on travelers, whose business it is to make arrangements for their convenience at hotels and on the way.

© Webster 1913.