vaunt-couriern.

Brit.

/ˈvɔːntˌkʊərɪə/,

/ˈvɑːntˌkʊərɪə/,

/ˈvɔːntˌkʌrɪə/,

/ˈvɑːntˌkʌrɪə/, U.S.

/ˈvɔntˌkʊriər/,

/ˈvɔntˌkəriər/,

/ˈvɑntˌkʊriər/,

/ˈvɑntˌkəriər/

Forms: α. 1500s vantcorrour, vantcurrour, vantcuror, 1500s–1700s vantcurror, 1600s vantcurreur, vantcurrer; 1500s vauntcurrour, 1600s vauntcurror, 1500s–1600s vauntcurrer. β. 1500s vaunte-, 1500s–1600s vauntcurrier, 1600s vauntcurrior, 1500s–1600s vantcurrier, 1600s vantcurier. γ. 1600s vantcourier, vauntcourrier, 1600s, 1800s vauntcourier. δ. 1600s vauntcourer, vantcourrer. ε. 1600s vaunt carrier.

Etymology: < French avant-coureur avant-courier n., with assimilation to forms in vant- comb. form, vaunt- prefix, and to courier n. Compare van-courier n.

†1. One of the advance-guard of an army or body of troops; a soldier or horseman sent out in advance of the main body. Usually in plural. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

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

vaunt-courier1560

avant-courier1603

antecessor1753

α.

1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. ccccxxxiij^v He by his vauntcurrers leuied as muche power as he possible mighte.

1569 T. Stocker tr. Diodorus Siculus Hist. Successors Alexander ii. x. 55 The vauntcurrers of eche side gaue intelligence of the approch of one an other.

1590 R. Hitchcock tr. F. Sansovino Quintesence of Wit f. 68^v In the spyes, in the guides, in the vaulcorrours [read vantcorrours], in the principall officers.

1601 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Trauellers Breuiat 142 Vpon the head of the battell ranged 200. thousande horsemen in small troupes, like our vantcurrers.

1609 T. Dekker Guls Horne-bk. sig. C2^v Thou doest not onely send out the liuely spirits (like Vaunt-currers) to fortifie and make good the vttermost borders of the body.

1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. iii. x. §4. 114 On the sodaine one of their Vaunt-currors, brought newes of the Kings approch.

1650 R. Stapleton tr. F. Strada De Bello Belgico ix. 50 Some Vantcurrers advancing a little before the Army.

β. 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 119 Lucretius..was appointed to make head against the vauntcurriers of the Sabynes.c1600 J. Dymmok Treat. Ireland (1842) 31 The rebel..deliveringe some few shott out of the woods and ditches upon our vaunt-curriers.a1642 F. Kynaston Leoline & Sydanis 1265 How as the swift vant-curriers rode about As sentinell perdue.a1670 J. Hacket Scrinia Reserata (1693) i. 190 Unless the leader look about him in his march and search every hedge by vant-curriers.δ. 1604 R. Cawdrey Table Alphabet. Vauntcourers, forerunners.1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. v. iii. §8. 449 The Carthaginian Horse, and light Armature, fell vpon the Roman Vant-courrers.ε. 1677 W. Hubbard Narr. Troubles with Indians New-Eng. 73 A party of Indians..fired upon the front and mortally wounded two of the vaunt Carriers.

a. transferred. One who goes or is sent out in advance in order to prepare the way or to announce the approach of another; a forerunner.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > progressive motion > order of movement > going first or in front > [noun] > one who goes first > as a harbinger or messenger

messengerc1230

foregoer1393

fourrier1481

fore-rider1513

fore-currour1548

usher1548

harbingera1550

vaunt-courier1561

van-courier1581

herald1597

usherer1598

outrunner1891

α.

1561 J. Daus tr. H. Bullinger Hundred Serm. vpon Apocalips lviii. 388 And this later so impugned the supremacie of the Patriarch of Constantinople, that he sticked not to call him the vaunt~currour of Antichrist.

1567 T. Drant tr. Horace Pistles in tr. Horace Arte of Poetrie sig. Cv^v And those that wil vauntcurrers be Not I wil draw theim backe.

1607 T. Dekker & J. Webster North-ward Hoe ii. sig. C4^v Ile send then my vant-currer presently.

1709 J. Strype Ann. Reformation ii. xliv. 479 All such as had been vantcurrors in private colleges to enter into this apostasy.

β., γ.1603 S. Harsnett Declar. Popish Impostures 12 The harbinger, the host, the Steward, the Vauntcourrier.1606 T. Dekker Newes from Hell sig. G1^v To all which questions, the vant curier answers briefly.1882 J. Payne tr. Bk. Thousand Nights & One Night I. 3 He despatched vaunt-couriers to announce his approach.

b. Of things.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > [noun] > antecedent or precursor

forerunnerOE

forridelc1000

messengerc1300

precursora1500

waymaker1574

postiliona1586

ushera1586

precedence1598

vaunt-courier1598

precedent1599

prodromus1602

ante-disposition1611

precedency1611

prodrome1611

antecedent1612

antedating1633

leading card1635

prodromy1647

antecessor1657

precursorya1660

prodromist1716

morning star1721

skirmisher1820

antecursor1850

1598 R. Barckley Disc. Felicitie of Man v. 466 The crying and lamenting of a childe when hee first entereth into this worlde, doth seeme to presage his painefull life, as a vauntcurrer of his miseries to come.

1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear ix. 5 You sulpherous and Thought executing fires, vaunt-currers to Oke-cleauing thunderboults.

1639 G. Chapman & J. Shirley Trag. Chabot iii. sig. E2 I will relate to your honours his most cruell exactions upon the subject, the old vantcurriers of rebellions.

1821 H. H. Milman Fall Jerusalem 39 And gloom of deepest mid~night the vaunt-courier Of your dread presence.

1849 H. W. Longfellow Kavanagh xix These were the vaunt-couriers and attendants of the hot August.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	vaunt-courier
释义	vaunt-couriern. Brit. /ˈvɔːntˌkʊərɪə/, /ˈvɑːntˌkʊərɪə/, /ˈvɔːntˌkʌrɪə/, /ˈvɑːntˌkʌrɪə/, U.S. /ˈvɔntˌkʊriər/, /ˈvɔntˌkəriər/, /ˈvɑntˌkʊriər/, /ˈvɑntˌkəriər/ Forms: α. 1500s vantcorrour, vantcurrour, vantcuror, 1500s–1700s vantcurror, 1600s vantcurreur, vantcurrer; 1500s vauntcurrour, 1600s vauntcurror, 1500s–1600s vauntcurrer. β. 1500s vaunte-, 1500s–1600s vauntcurrier, 1600s vauntcurrior, 1500s–1600s vantcurrier, 1600s vantcurier. γ. 1600s vantcourier, vauntcourrier, 1600s, 1800s vauntcourier. δ. 1600s vauntcourer, vantcourrer. ε. 1600s vaunt carrier. Etymology: < French avant-coureur avant-courier n., with assimilation to forms in vant- comb. form, vaunt- prefix, and to courier n. Compare van-courier n. †1. One of the advance-guard of an army or body of troops; a soldier or horseman sent out in advance of the main body. Usually in plural. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier with special duty > [noun] > member of advance guard vaunt-courier1560 avant-courier1603 antecessor1753 α. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. ccccxxxiij^v He by his vauntcurrers leuied as muche power as he possible mighte. 1569 T. Stocker tr. Diodorus Siculus Hist. Successors Alexander ii. x. 55 The vauntcurrers of eche side gaue intelligence of the approch of one an other. 1590 R. Hitchcock tr. F. Sansovino Quintesence of Wit f. 68^v In the spyes, in the guides, in the vaulcorrours [read vantcorrours], in the principall officers. 1601 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Trauellers Breuiat 142 Vpon the head of the battell ranged 200. thousande horsemen in small troupes, like our vantcurrers. 1609 T. Dekker Guls Horne-bk. sig. C2^v Thou doest not onely send out the liuely spirits (like Vaunt-currers) to fortifie and make good the vttermost borders of the body. 1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. iii. x. §4. 114 On the sodaine one of their Vaunt-currors, brought newes of the Kings approch. 1650 R. Stapleton tr. F. Strada De Bello Belgico ix. 50 Some Vantcurrers advancing a little before the Army. β. 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 119 Lucretius..was appointed to make head against the vauntcurriers of the Sabynes.c1600 J. Dymmok Treat. Ireland (1842) 31 The rebel..deliveringe some few shott out of the woods and ditches upon our vaunt-curriers.a1642 F. Kynaston Leoline & Sydanis 1265 How as the swift vant-curriers rode about As sentinell perdue.a1670 J. Hacket Scrinia Reserata (1693) i. 190 Unless the leader look about him in his march and search every hedge by vant-curriers.δ. 1604 R. Cawdrey Table Alphabet. Vauntcourers, forerunners.1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. v. iii. §8. 449 The Carthaginian Horse, and light Armature, fell vpon the Roman Vant-courrers.ε. 1677 W. Hubbard Narr. Troubles with Indians New-Eng. 73 A party of Indians..fired upon the front and mortally wounded two of the vaunt Carriers. 2. a. transferred. One who goes or is sent out in advance in order to prepare the way or to announce the approach of another; a forerunner. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > order of movement > going first or in front > [noun] > one who goes first > as a harbinger or messenger messengerc1230 foregoer1393 fourrier1481 fore-rider1513 fore-currour1548 usher1548 harbingera1550 vaunt-courier1561 van-courier1581 herald1597 usherer1598 outrunner1891 α. 1561 J. Daus tr. H. Bullinger Hundred Serm. vpon Apocalips lviii. 388 And this later so impugned the supremacie of the Patriarch of Constantinople, that he sticked not to call him the vaunt~currour of Antichrist. 1567 T. Drant tr. Horace Pistles in tr. Horace Arte of Poetrie sig. Cv^v And those that wil vauntcurrers be Not I wil draw theim backe. 1607 T. Dekker & J. Webster North-ward Hoe ii. sig. C4^v Ile send then my vant-currer presently. 1709 J. Strype Ann. Reformation ii. xliv. 479 All such as had been vantcurrors in private colleges to enter into this apostasy. β., γ.1603 S. Harsnett Declar. Popish Impostures 12 The harbinger, the host, the Steward, the Vauntcourrier.1606 T. Dekker Newes from Hell sig. G1^v To all which questions, the vant curier answers briefly.1882 J. Payne tr. Bk. Thousand Nights & One Night I. 3 He despatched vaunt-couriers to announce his approach. b. Of things. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > [noun] > antecedent or precursor forerunnerOE forridelc1000 messengerc1300 precursora1500 waymaker1574 postiliona1586 ushera1586 precedence1598 vaunt-courier1598 precedent1599 prodromus1602 ante-disposition1611 precedency1611 prodrome1611 antecedent1612 antedating1633 leading card1635 prodromy1647 antecessor1657 precursorya1660 prodromist1716 morning star1721 skirmisher1820 antecursor1850 1598 R. Barckley Disc. Felicitie of Man v. 466 The crying and lamenting of a childe when hee first entereth into this worlde, doth seeme to presage his painefull life, as a vauntcurrer of his miseries to come. 1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear ix. 5 You sulpherous and Thought executing fires, vaunt-currers to Oke-cleauing thunderboults. 1639 G. Chapman & J. Shirley Trag. Chabot iii. sig. E2 I will relate to your honours his most cruell exactions upon the subject, the old vantcurriers of rebellions. 1821 H. H. Milman Fall Jerusalem 39 And gloom of deepest mid~night the vaunt-courier Of your dread presence. 1849 H. W. Longfellow Kavanagh xix These were the vaunt-couriers and attendants of the hot August. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1560
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