Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An avant-courier; one sent before; a precursor; a forerunner.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One sent in advance; an avant-courier; a precursor.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One sent in
advance ; anavant-courier ; aprecursor .
Etymologies
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French avant-courrier. See avant, van of an army, and courier, and compare avant-courier, vaunt-courier.
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