VAUNT-COURIER

Meaning of VAUNT-COURIER in English

Pronunciation: vo ̇ nt- ' ku ̇ r- ē - ə r, vänt-, - ' k ə r- ē -, - ' k ə -r ē -

Function: noun

Etymology: Middle French avant-courrier, literally, advance courier

Date: 1560

archaic : FORERUNNER

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012

VAUNT-COURIER — noun Etymology: Middle French avant-courrier, literally, advance courier Date: 1560 forerunner
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
VAUNT-COURIER — (ˈ) ̷ ̷+ noun Etymology: Middle French avant-courrier, literally, advance courier 1. obsolete : avant courier 1 2. : one sent in …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
VAUNT-COURIER — (n.) See Van-courier.
Английский словарь Webster
VAUNT-COURIER — ( n. ) See Van-courier.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
VAUNT-COURIER — /vawnt"kerr'ee euhr, -koor'-, vahnt"-/ , n. Archaic. a person who goes in advance, as a herald. [ 1550-60; avant-courrier forerunner, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
VAUNT-COURIER — noun Etymology: Middle French avant-courrier, literally, advance courier Date: 1560 archaic : forerunner
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
VAUNT-COURIER — noun ·see van-courier.
Webster English vocab
VAUNT-COURIER — [vaunt-cou.ri.er] n [MF avant-courrier, lit., advance courier] (1560) archaic: forerunner
Merriam-Webster English vocab
VAUNT-COURIER — вестник предвестник
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
VAUNT-COURIER — n 1. вестник 2. предвестник
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
VAUNT COURIER — (n) вестник; предвестник
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
VAUNT-COURIER — n 1. вестник 2. предвестник
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
VAUNT-COURIER — n 1. вестник 2. предвестник
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
VAUNT-COURIER — вестник предвестник
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
VAUNT — fanfaronar
English interlingue dictionary
COURIER — curriero
English interlingue dictionary
VAUNT — I. verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French vanter, from Late Latin vanitare, frequentative of Latin *vanare, from vanus vain Date: …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
COURIER — noun Etymology: Middle French courrier, from Old Italian corriere, from correre to run, from Latin currere Date: 1579 messenger : …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
VAUNT — I. ˈvȯnt, -ä-, -ȧ- verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English vaunten, from Middle French vanter, from Late Latin vanitare, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
COURIER — ˈku̇rēə(r), ˈkər.ē-, ˈkə.rē-, ˈkürē- sometimes ˈkōrē- noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle French courrier, from Old Italian …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
VAUNT — (v. t.) To put forward; to display.
Английский словарь Webster
VAUNT — (n.) The first part.
Английский словарь Webster
VAUNT — (n.) A vain display of what one is, or has, or has done; ostentation from vanity; a boast; a brag.
Английский словарь Webster
VAUNT — (v. t.) To boast of; to make a vain display of; to display with ostentation.
Английский словарь Webster
VAUNT — (v. i.) To boast; to make a vain display of one's own worth, attainments, decorations, or the like; to talk …
Английский словарь Webster
COURIER — (n.) An attendant on travelers, whose business it is to make arrangements for their convenience at hotels and on the …
Английский словарь Webster
COURIER — (n.) A messenger sent with haste to convey letters or dispatches, usually on public business.
Английский словарь Webster
VAUNT — ( v. t. ) To put forward; to display.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
VAUNT — ( v. t. ) To boast of; to make a vain display of; to display with ostentation.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
VAUNT — ( v. i. ) To boast; to make a vain display of one's own worth, attainments, decorations, or the like; …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
VAUNT — ( n. ) The first part.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
VAUNT — ( n. ) A vain display of what one is, or has, or has done; ostentation from vanity; a boast; …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
COURIER — ( n. ) An attendant on travelers, whose business it is to make arrangements for their convenience at hotels and …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
COURIER — ( n. ) A messenger sent with haste to convey letters or dispatches, usually on public business.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
VAUNT — — vaunter , n. — vauntingly , adv. /vawnt, vahnt/ , v.t. 1. to speak vaingloriously of; boast of: to …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
COURIER — /kerr"ee euhr, koor"-/ , n. 1. a messenger, usually traveling in haste, bearing urgent news, important reports or packages, diplomatic …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
VAUNT — v. boast, brag, exaggerate about oneself
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
VAUNT — n. act or instance of boasting
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
COURIER — n. messenger
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
VAUNT — I. ˈvȯnt, ˈvänt verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French vanter, from Late Latin vanitare, frequentative of Latin * vanare, from …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
COURIER — noun Etymology: Middle French courrier, from Old Italian corriere, from correre to run, from Latin currere Date: 1579 1. : …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
VAUNT — noun the first part. 2. vaunt ·vt to put forward; to display. 3. vaunt ·vt to boast of; to make …
Webster English vocab
COURIER — noun a messenger sent with haste to convey letters or dispatches, usually on public business. 2. courier ·noun an attendant …
Webster English vocab
VAUNT — [ vɔ:nt ] ■ verb [usu. as adjective ~ed ] boast about or praise (something) excessively. ■ noun archaic a …
Concise Oxford English vocab
COURIER — [ 'kʊrɪə ] ■ noun 1》 a messenger who transports goods or documents. 2》 chiefly Brit. a person employed to …
Concise Oxford English vocab
VAUNT — [vaunt] vb [ME, fr. MF vanter, fr. LL vanitare, freq. of (assumed) L vanare, fr. L vanus vain] vi (15c): …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
COURIER — [cou.ri.er] n [MF courrier, fr. OIt corriere, fr. correre to run, fr. L currere] (1579) 1: messenger: as a: a …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
VAUNT — vaunt BrE AmE vɔːnt vɑːnt ▷ vaunted ˈvɔːnt ɪd -əd AmE ˈvɔːn t̬ əd ˈvɑːn t̬ - ▷ vaunting/ly ˈvɔːnt …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
COURIER — courier BrE AmE ˈkʊr i‿ə ˈkʊər-, ˈkʌr- AmE \ ˈkɝː i‿ ə r ˈkʊr- ▷ courier|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
COURIER — / ˈkʊriə(r); NAmE / noun 1. a person or company whose job is to take packages or important papers somewhere …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
COURIER — I. cou ‧ ri ‧ er 1 /ˈkʊriə $ -ər/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Old …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
VAUNT — v. & n. literary --v. 1 intr. boast, brag. 2 tr. boast of; extol boastfully. --n. a boast. øøvaunter n. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
COURIER — n. 1 a person employed, usu. by a travel company, to guide and assist a group of tourists. 2 a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
VAUNT — v. & n. literary v. 1 intr. boast, brag. 2 tr. boast of; extol boastfully. n. a boast. vaunter n. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
COURIER — n. 1 a person employed, usu. by a travel company, to guide and assist a group of tourists. 2 a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
VAUNT — v. & n. literary --v. 1. intr. boast, brag. 2 tr. boast of; extol boastfully. --n. a boast. Derivatives: vaunter …
Oxford English vocab
COURIER — n.1 a person employed, usu. by a travel company, to guide and assist a group of tourists. 2 a special …
Oxford English vocab
COURIER — ( couriers, couriering, couriered) 1. A courier is a person who is paid to take letters and parcels direct from …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
COURIER — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN service ▪ Mercury prepares to expand at the double WALLASEY-based same-day courier service …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
COURIER — [noun] [C] - a person who takes care of a group of people on holiday and shows them the most …
Cambridge English vocab
COURIER — Synonyms and related words : Gyropilot, Hermes, Iris, Mercury, Paul Revere, Pheidippides, automatic pilot, bearer, boatheader, boatsteerer, carrier, cicerone, commissionaire, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
COURIER — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ drug ▪ motorbike ( BrE ), motorcycle ▪ bicycle , bike ( informal ), cycle ( esp. …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
COURIER — n. 25B6; noun the documents were sent by courier : MESSENGER, dispatch rider, runner. a courier for a package holiday …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
COURIER — A messenger (usually a commissioned or warrant officer) responsible for the secure physical transmission and delivery of documents and material. …
DOD English Dictionary of Military Terms

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary

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