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aviso en · NOUN

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. Advisory; information; advice; intelligence.
    • I am not foot-poaſt, / No pedlar of Aviſo's, no monopoliſt / Of forged Corantos, monger of Gazets. c. 1638 May 13 (date licensed; Gregorian calendar), Iohn Ford [i.e., John Ford], The Ladies Triall. […], London: […] E. G. for Henry Shephard, […], published 1639, →OCLC, Act I, signature B, recto:
  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. A mid-sized colonial warship.

Forms

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avisos Number=Plur lexicographic

Synonyms

adviso

Translations (2)

pl awizowiec (mid-sized colonial warship) · pl awizo (mid-sized colonial warship)