Aviso

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Advisory; information; advice; intelligence.

    "I am not foot-poaſt, / No pedlar of Aviſo's, no monopoliſt / Of forged Corantos, monger of Gazets."

  2. 2
    A kind of dispatch boat or "advice boat", carrying orders before the development of effective remote communication; an advice boat, or dispatch boat.
  3. 3
    A mid-sized colonial warship.

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Example

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"I am not foot-poaſt, / No pedlar of Aviſo's, no monopoliſt / Of forged Corantos, monger of Gazets."

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish aviso (“advice”). Doublet of advice.

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advice boat

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