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ˈfourrier Obs. exc. Hist. or as an alien word.
Also 7–8 fourier.
[a. F. fourrier, var. of OF. forrier: see forayer.]
1. = forayer.
1481Caxton Godeffroy lxxxiii. 131 They made semblaunt for to take fourriers and the horses nyghe them. 1604E. Grimstone Hist. Siege Ostend 30 The Arch-duke had caused a Fourrier or Harbinger..to be put in prison. 1646Buck Rich. III, i. 34 This was the preparative and fourrier of the rest. 1823Scott Quentin D. xxviii, He that decoyed us into this snare shall go our fourrier to the next world, to take up lodgings for us.
2. A quartermaster. Also brigadier-fourrier (see quot. 1895).
1678tr. Gaya's Art of War ii. 47 The Fourier ought to have a List of all the Soldiers of a Company. 1781in Simes Mil. Guide (ed. 3) 7 He makes the Fourier mark the head⁓quarters, and the quarters of the General Officers. 1895Daily News 22 Oct. 6/4 He had worked his way up to the enviable position of brigadier-fourrier, a sub-officer charged with accounts, lodging of men, etc. |