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Webster 1913 Edition

avant-courier

a-vant′-couˊri-er

,

Noun.

[F., fr.

avant

before +

courrier

. See

, and

.]

A person dispatched before another person or company, to give notice of his or their approach.

Definition 2024

avant-courier

avant-courier

English

Noun

avant-courier ‎(plural avant-couriers)

A person dispatched before another person or company, to give notice of his or their approach.

Synonyms

harbinger
(generically): messenger