courier, n. messenger, carrier, postman, mailman, letter carrier, mail carrier; bearer, porter, bringer; harbinger, herald, runner, forerunner, (in Turkey) kavass; envoy, emissary, legate, nuncio; postrider, rider, esta-fette, pony express rider; transporter, conveyor, conductor; Pheidippides, Hermes, Mercury, Iris, Ariel,
course, n. 1. progression, headway, progress, march, advance, furtherance; proceeding, development, rise.
2. route, way, run, road, lane, avenue, passage, track, trail; direction, channel, tack, cut, pass; runway, fairway, approach; path, line, trajectory, career, arc; round, beat, circuit, ambit, circumference, orbit; trend, tenor, drift, bearing.
3. passage, passing, lapse, duration; span, spell, space, stretch; term, time, period, stage, phase, season; progress, flow, sweep, current, tide, flight.
4. procedure, process, way, wise; manner, mode, method; scheme, plan, system, regimen; policy, conduct.
5. conduct, behavior, comportment, deportment; carriage, bearing, presence; demeanor, mien, air, aspect; manners, ways, actions, dealings; customs, habits, practice, wonts, conventions, praxis.
6. series, sequence, succession, concatenation, catenation, chain; cycle, circle, continuity, regularity; set, order, ordering, turn, array, arrangement.
7. program, study, curriculum, schedule; class, lesson, lecture, instruction, seminar.
8. in due course eventually, in time, in the course of time, sooner or later; ultimately, in the end, at length.
9. of course certainly, surely, definitely, assuredly, by all means; indubitably, undoubtedly, without a doubt, no doubt.
-v. 10. run through or over, pass through or over, cover, traverse, cross; wander over, travel over, roam over.
11. chase, pursue, follow, run after, hound, mouse, dog, be at one's heels; hunt, stalk, trail, shadow, track, follow the scent of; search out, ferret out, scout out, look for.
12. run, race, rush, surge, gush; speed, hie, hasten, hurry, post; scamper, scud, sprint, scurry; gallop, charge, bolt, dash.
court, n. 1. courtyard, yard, enclosure, close, quadrangle, Inf. quad, Fort, parade; peristyle, patio, veranda, cloister; square, plaza, esplanade, It. piazza, Fr. place.
2. lane, way, drive, circle; alley, row, Chiefly Brit. mews, Chiefly Brit, terrace; road, avenue, street.
3. palace, mansion, castle, chateau, royal residence; hall, manor house.
4. retinue, cortege, train, entourage; suite, staff, royal household, attendants.
5. attention, homage, deference, respects, regards; amenities, urbanities, civilities, courtesies; address, courtship, wooing, attentions, blandishments, suit.
6. bench, bar, judiciary, judicature, judicatory; tribunal, forum, chancery; assizes, trial, session; Areopagus, King's Bench, Queen's Bench; Star Chamber, Inquisition.