avant-couriern.

/avɒŋˈkʊrɪə/

/avəntˈkʊrɪə/

Forms: 1600s avauntcourrier, avant-currier, -curror, -coureur, 1800s avant courier.

Etymology: < French avant-coureur, with the latter word modified as in courier n. Aphetized in 16th cent. as vaunt- , vant-currer ; from 17th cent., van-courier n. (The two first-given pronunciations are historical in English; but many have affected to treat the word both in spelling and pronunciation as modern French, whence the avant-coureur of 1670, and the mongrel third pronunciation now prevalent.)

a. One who runs or rides before; a herald; esp. (in 17th cent.) in plural the scouts, skirmishers, or advance-guard of an army.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier with special duty > [noun] > member of advance guard

vaunt-courier1560

avant-courier1603

antecessor1753

society > communication > information > announcing or proclaiming > [noun] > announcer or proclaimer > harbinger or usher

heraldc1330

forayer1340

forager1377

foregangera1500

usher1548

harbingera1550

avant-courier1603

go-before1633

1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 217 Hauing suffered two thousand of the enemies horse (the avauntcourriers of the Turks armie) to passe by him.

a1658 J. Cleveland Rustick Rampant in Wks. (1687) 494 Ten Lances of the Avant Currors rout them.

1670 C. Cotton tr. G. Girard Hist. Life Duke of Espernon i. iii. 110 The Avant Coureurs of the Duke of Mayenne's Army.

1810 S. T. Coleridge Friend (1867) i. v. 18 The avant-courier rode at full speed into the court.

b. transferred or figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > [noun] > one who predicts

forquidder?c1225

prophet?c1225

prognosticator1552

foreshower1555

foreteller1580

forepointer1587

avant-courier1611

predicter1641

predictor1641

prognostic1653

prognostes1654

prophecy-monger1655

foreboder1687

boder1692

prognosticant1880

1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Etesij, windes blowing very stiffly..called of mariners the Auant curriers.

1649 J. Bramhall Fair Warning vi. 18 These are prognostickes of insueing stormes, the avant curriers of seditious tumults.

1860 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) V. xxv. 97 A set of noisy declaimers, avant couriers, as they called themselves, of the crown.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

avant-courierv.

Etymology: < avant-courier n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: avant-ˈcourier.

To herald.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > information > announcing or proclaiming > announce or proclaim [verb (transitive)] > as a herald

descrivec1300

descrya1450

avant-courier1870

1870 J. R. Lowell Among my Bks. (1873) 1st Ser. 167 In a triumphal car, avant-couriered by a band of music.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	avant-courier
释义	avant-couriern. /avɒŋˈkʊrɪə//avəntˈkʊrɪə/ Forms: 1600s avauntcourrier, avant-currier, -curror, -coureur, 1800s avant courier. Etymology: < French avant-coureur, with the latter word modified as in courier n. Aphetized in 16th cent. as vaunt- , vant-currer ; from 17th cent., van-courier n. (The two first-given pronunciations are historical in English; but many have affected to treat the word both in spelling and pronunciation as modern French, whence the avant-coureur of 1670, and the mongrel third pronunciation now prevalent.) a. One who runs or rides before; a herald; esp. (in 17th cent.) in plural the scouts, skirmishers, or advance-guard of an army. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier with special duty > [noun] > member of advance guard vaunt-courier1560 avant-courier1603 antecessor1753 society > communication > information > announcing or proclaiming > [noun] > announcer or proclaimer > harbinger or usher heraldc1330 forayer1340 forager1377 foregangera1500 usher1548 harbingera1550 avant-courier1603 go-before1633 1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 217 Hauing suffered two thousand of the enemies horse (the avauntcourriers of the Turks armie) to passe by him. a1658 J. Cleveland Rustick Rampant in Wks. (1687) 494 Ten Lances of the Avant Currors rout them. 1670 C. Cotton tr. G. Girard Hist. Life Duke of Espernon i. iii. 110 The Avant Coureurs of the Duke of Mayenne's Army. 1810 S. T. Coleridge Friend (1867) i. v. 18 The avant-courier rode at full speed into the court. b. transferred or figurative. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > [noun] > one who predicts forquidder?c1225 prophet?c1225 prognosticator1552 foreshower1555 foreteller1580 forepointer1587 avant-courier1611 predicter1641 predictor1641 prognostic1653 prognostes1654 prophecy-monger1655 foreboder1687 boder1692 prognosticant1880 1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Etesij, windes blowing very stiffly..called of mariners the Auant curriers. 1649 J. Bramhall Fair Warning vi. 18 These are prognostickes of insueing stormes, the avant curriers of seditious tumults. 1860 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) V. xxv. 97 A set of noisy declaimers, avant couriers, as they called themselves, of the crown. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021). avant-courierv. Etymology: < avant-courier n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: avant-ˈcourier. To herald. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > announcing or proclaiming > announce or proclaim [verb (transitive)] > as a herald descrivec1300 descrya1450 avant-courier1870 1870 J. R. Lowell Among my Bks. (1873) 1st Ser. 167 In a triumphal car, avant-couriered by a band of music. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1603v.1870
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