Reading
Shortcuts
Home
All Articles
Read from Another Site
Sources
Wikipedia
Simple Wikipedia
VOA Learning English
Futurity
The Conversation
MIT News
Harvard Gazette
Cambridge News
YDS/YÖKDİL Passages
Topics
Technology
Engineering
Business
Economics
Human
Health
Energy
Biology
Nature
Space
Log in
Sign up
History
Add
avant-courier
noun
[ avɒ̃ːˈkʊrɪə ]
• a person running ahead, especially a member of the advance guard of an army.
Origin:
early 17th century: from French avant ‘forward, before’ + courier.
