Avant-courier

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  avant-courier \a*vant"-cou`ri*er\, n. [F., fr. avant before +
     courrier. See {Avaunt}, and {Courier}.]
     A person dispatched before another person or company, to give
     notice of his or their approach.
     [1913 Webster]