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Estafette   Listen
noun
Estafette, Estafet  n.  A courier who conveys messages to another courier; a military courier sent from one part of an army to another.





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"Estafette" Quotes from Famous Books



... Wilhelm got new lights in Frankfurt: Rittmeister Katte had an estafette waiting for him there. Estafette with a certain Letter, which the Rittmeister had picked up in Erlangen, and has shot across by estafette to wait his Majesty here. Majesty has read with open eyes and throat: Letter from ...
— History of Friedrich II of Prussia V 7 • Thomas Carlyle
... The estafette that had gone with Luis' letters to Monterey had taken one from Rezanov as well, asking permission to pay a visit of ceremony to the Governor. Five days later the plenipotentiary received a polite welcome to California, and protest against another long journey; ...
— Rezanov • Gertrude Atherton


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