fourrier

English edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French fourrier, from Old French forre. See forage (noun).

Pronunciation edit

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Noun edit

fourrier (plural fourriers)

(obsolete) A harbinger (someone who provides lodgings).

References edit

“fourrier”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

French edit

Etymology edit

From Old French fuerre + -ier.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /fu.ʁje/
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Noun edit

fourrier m (plural fourriers)

(military, historical) forager
Synonym: fourrageur
harbinger

Related terms edit

Further reading edit

“fourrier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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