Van-courier | Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

Courier
·noun A messenger sent with haste to convey letters or dispatches, usually on public business. II. ...

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Van
·noun A shovel used in cleansing ore. II. Van ·noun A wing with which the air is beaten. III. Van ...

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van
Madam Van; see MADAM. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
van
a fan or machine for winnowing corn. Glouc. ...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
van
[formerly vant, contracted from avant]. That part of a fleet, army, or body of men, which is advance...

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Avant-courier
·noun A person dispatched before another person or company, to give notice of his or their approach....

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Vant-courier
·noun An avant-courier. ·see Van-courier. ...

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Vaunt-courier
·noun ·see Van-courier. ...

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van-neck
Miss or Mrs. Van-Neck; a woman with large breasts; a bushel bubby. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
Van Diemen's Land
the name given to the colony nowcalled Tasmania, by Abel Jansz Tasman, the Dutch navigator,in 1642, ...

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