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van-courier

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.65 in modern English

Syllables
van--couri-er
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Someone sent in advance; an avant-courier, precursor, or scout.

Archaic

Etymology

From French avant-courrier. See avant, van of an army, and courier, and compare avant-courier, vaunt-courier.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: avant-courrier

Usage

Inflected Forms

van-couriers (plural)

Questions

What does van-courier mean?
Someone sent in advance; an avant-courier, precursor, or scout.
Where does van-courier come from?
It is traced to French.

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