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Definition of avant-courier in English: avant-couriernoun avɒ̃ːˈkʊrɪə historical A person running ahead, especially a member of the advance guard of an army. Example sentencesExamples - Why, then, don't the avant-couriers who praise the piece as one of Schoenberg's greatest take note of this outbreak of tonality?
- The avant-courier rode at full speed into the court.
- General Platen's avant-courier now arrived with the intelligence of his approach.
- Landseer, however, instead of following his avant-courier in an hour, arrived in a few minutes after him.
- He had served as an artilleryman during the war of Independence, and retained enough of his old military habits to make a most invaluable avant-courier.
Synonyms harbinger, sign, indicator, indication, signal, prelude, portent, omen, augury, forewarning, presage, announcer
Origin Early 17th century: from French avant 'forward, before' + courier. |