Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A military courier; an express of any kind.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A courier who conveys messages to another courier; a military courier sent from one part of an army to another.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Alternative form of
estafette .
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The friendly word was circulated by a kind of estafet from farm to farm, was carried by neighbor or passing traveller, or was discussed and planned and agreed upon in the noon-house, or at the tavern chimney-side on
Customs and Fashions in Old New England Alice Morse Earle 1881
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