vaunt-courier

English

Noun

vaunt-courier (plural vaunt-couriers)

Obsolete form of van-courier.
- c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:
  You sulphurous and thought - executing fires , Vaunt couriers to oak - cleaving thunder - bolts

References

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