Vān'-equ/rī-er, n.

(kōō/rī-er, 89) (Synop., § 130), n. [Fr. avant-courrier, avant-coureur, from avant, before, fore, and courier, courrier, coureur, a runner. See COURIER, and cf. VAUNT-COURIER.] One sent in advance; an avant-courier; a precursor; especially, one of a body of light-armed soldiers sent before armies to beat the road upon the approach of an enemy.