S. Africa. [Anglicized spelling of Du. karweier, f. karwei job:—MDu. corweie, ad. F. corvée, CORVEE.] A travelling trader in S. Africa.
1885. W. Greswell, in Macm. Mag., Feb., 285/2. The kurveyor or carrier who drags the trade of the country about in his ponderous ox waggon with spans of 16 or 20 oxen.
1896. Blackw. Mag., May, 645/2. It was a very paying thing for the individual ‘transport-rider’ or ‘kurveyor’ to convey goods to and from Kimberley.
