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词汇 avant-courier
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Definition of avant-courier in English:

avant-courier

noun 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.
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