vaunt-courier

[vawnt-kur-ee-er, -koor-, vahnt-]

vaunt-cour·i·er

[vawnt-kur-ee-er, -koor-, vahnt-]
noun Archaic.
a person who goes in advance, as a herald.

Origin:
1550–60; < French avant-courrier forerunner, herald. See avaunt, courier
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Vaunt-courier is always a great word to know.
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vaunt-courier
 
n
archaic, poetic or a person or thing that goes in advance; forerunner; herald
 
[C16: from French avant-courrier; see avaunt, courier]

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