an estafette was forwarded to the Lord Lieutenant, to inform him of the news
Example sentencesExamples
What, rob an estafette! I never heard of such folly.
While en route, Charles Todd commissioned him to act as estafette between the construction parties of the Overland Telegraph Line.
Even the estafettes who rushed Imperial correspondence from the seat of war back to Paris were given orders as to what they might and might not report along the way.
A mounted estafette stopped them on the railway line, telling them to return to Puits-Perdu.
The estafettes which ran between Naples and Marseilles during the reign of Joachim Murat performed the distance in five days.
Synonyms
messenger, special messenger, dispatch rider, letter carrier, mail carrier, runner, bearer, message bearer, message carrier, delivery man, delivery woman, conveyor, envoy, emissary, harbinger, herald
Origin
Early 17th century: French, from Italian staffetta, diminutive of staffa 'stirrup'.