Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A person, such as a herald, sent in advance.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An old form of
van-courier .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete See
van-courier .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Obsolete form of
van-courier .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Short for obsolete French avaunt-courier : Old French avaunt, in front; see vanguard + Old French courrier, messenger; see courier.]
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Examples
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Too quickly has vanished the brief season when the sky is clement, when a little food suffices, and the chances of earning that little are more numerous than at other times; this wind that gives utterance to its familiar warning is the vaunt-courier of cold and hunger and solicitude that knows not sleep.
The Nether World George Gissing 1880
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