basse-courier

French

Etymology

basse-cour +‎ -ier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bas.ku.ʁje/

Noun

basse-courier m (plural basse-couriers, feminine basse-courière)

1. (dated, agriculture) Someone responsible for the poultry in a farm

Further reading

• “basse-courier” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.
• “basse-courier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.