avant-courierとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

avant-courier (複数形 avant-couriers)

1. A person dispatched before another person or company, to give notice of his or their approach; a scout or herald.
   • 1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, p. 145:

     Mr Farrer reached Calcutta some time before them, announcing himself as the avant-courier of His Majesty's new court, in which he was to be the leading advocate.

   • 1837, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Ethel Churchill, volume 2, page 309:

     Her heart sickened with impatience, the time seemed longer now that they drew so near; gradually, the long shadows mingled together, objects became confused, and it was necessary to light the lamps and flambeaux, and the avant-courier began to sound his horn: it was dangerous to risk meeting another carriage in the then state of the roads.