vaunt-courier
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
vaunt-courier (plural vaunt-couriers)
- Obsolete form of van-courier.
- c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:
- You sulphurous and thought - executing fires , Vaunt couriers to oak - cleaving thunder - bolts
References[edit]
- “vaunt-courier”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.