vaunt-courier

[ vawnt-kur-ee-er, -koor-, vahnt- ]

noun

, Archaic.

1. a person who goes in advance, as a herald.

vaunt-courier

noun

1. archaic.
   a person or thing that goes in advance; forerunner; herald

Word History and Origins

Origin of vaunt-courier¹

First recorded in 1550–60, vaunt-courier is from the French word avant-courrier forerunner, herald. See avaunt, courier

Word History and Origins

Origin of vaunt-courier¹

C16: from French avant-courrier; see avaunt , courier

Example Sentences

Still vaunt-courier to the King, As when he burst the bonds of Austria!

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No, by the Sun I swear,II 1 Vaunt-courier of the host of heaven.

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"A mere vaunt-courier to announce the coming of his master."

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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.

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