Noun: avant-courier
| Singular | avant-courier |
| Plural | avant-couriers |
Sample Sentences
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Mr Farrer reached Calcutta some time before them, announcing himself as the avant-courier of His Majesty's new court, in which he was to be the leading advocate. [1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, p. 145]
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Her heart sickened with impatience, the time seemed longer now that they drew so near; gradually, the long shadows mingled together, objects became confused, and it was necessary to light the lamps and flambeaux, and the avant-courier began to sound his horn: it was dangerous to risk meeting another carriage in the then state of the roads. [1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “Return Home”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 309:]
Nouns inflected like avant-courier
soldier's woundwort,
Nicosian,
whopper,
greypate,
tactile sign language,
chronotrope,
Rosie Lee,
dissentient,
photoinactivator,
sulphonediimine,
coastal waterfall,
residuary devise,
bituminization,
nitrosonaphthol,
smṛiti,
geosphere,
backscreen,
mensuralist,
flocculate,
flocculant, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From French avant-coureur, with alteration of second element after courier. See: French Nouns '
avant-coureur'.