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  • noun A courier who conveys messages to another courier; a military courier sent from one part of an army to another.

Etymologies

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French estafette.

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Examples

  • On the 30th of September 1805 I received, by an 'estafette', intelligence of the landing at Stralsund of 6000 Swedes, who had arrived from

    Complete Project Gutenberg Collection of Memoirs of Napoleon Various

  • The Russian M.nister at Berlin, M. Alopaeus, despatched also an 'estafette' to the Russian charge d'affaires at

    Complete Project Gutenberg Collection of Memoirs of Napoleon Various

  • The Russian M.nister at Berlin, M. Alopaeus, despatched also an 'estafette' to the Russian charge d'affaires at Hamburg, with orders to apply for the insertion of the article, which accordingly appeared.

    The Memoirs of Napoleon Bourrienne, Louis Antoine Fauvelet de 1836

  • On the 30th of September 1805 I received, by an 'estafette', intelligence of the landing at Stralsund of 6000 Swedes, who had arrived from Stockholm in two ships of war.

    The Memoirs of Napoleon Bourrienne, Louis Antoine Fauvelet de 1836

  • On the 30th of September 1805 I received, by an 'estafette', intelligence of the landing at Stralsund of 6000 Swedes, who had arrived from

    Memoirs of Napoleon — Volume 08 Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne 1801

  • The Russian M.nister at Berlin, M. Alopaeus, despatched also an 'estafette' to the Russian charge d'affaires at

    Memoirs of Napoleon — Complete Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne 1801

  • On the 30th of September 1805 I received, by an 'estafette', intelligence of the landing at Stralsund of 6000 Swedes, who had arrived from

    Memoirs of Napoleon — Complete Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne 1801

  • The Russian M.nister at Berlin, M. Alopaeus, despatched also an 'estafette' to the Russian charge d'affaires at

    Memoirs of Napoleon — Volume 08 Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne 1801

  • At that moment Dulac entered the room with a packet of letters just arrived from Paris by estafette.

    Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 097, January, 1876 Various

  • [9] "Ce matin j'ai appris par une estafette que les ennemis avaient joint l'Electeur de Bavière avec 26,000 hommes, et que M. de Villeroi a passé la Meuse avec la meilleure partie de l'armée des Pays Bas, et qu'il poussait sa marche en toute diligence vers la Moselle, de sorte que, sans un prompt sécours, l'empire court risque d'être entièrement abimé."

    Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol 58, No. 357, July 1845 Various

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