FromFrenchroutier, from Old Frenchroute(“company”); compare Englishhighwayman.

routier (pluralroutiers)

1. (historical) AFrenchbrigand of the 14th century.
2. (by extension) Any brigand or armed robber.

• Jonathan Sumption 'The Hundred Years War II', chapter 1, page 39.

Fromroute +‎-ier.

• IPA^(key): /ʁu.tje/

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routier (feminineroutière,masculine pluralroutiers,feminine pluralroutières)

1. (relational)road

   trafic routier ―road traffic

• carte routière
• gare routière
• secours routier

routier m (pluralroutiers)

1. (nautical)rutter
2. trucker,truck driver
3. (France)restaurant fortruckers and other road travellers;truck stop;diner

• “routier”, inTrésor de la langue française informatisé[Digitized Treasury of the French Language],2012.

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