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aviso

aviso noun: advisory; information; advice; intelligence.

Noun

aviso (plural avisos or avisoes)

  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.

Synonyms of aviso

Forms of aviso

pluralavisos
pluralavisoes

Origin of aviso

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

Questions about aviso

What does aviso mean?
Aviso means advisory; information; advice; intelligence.
What part of speech is aviso?
Aviso is a noun.
What is the plural of aviso?
The plural of aviso is avisos.

Words near aviso in the dictionary

  1. avises
  2. Avisford
  3. avising
  4. avision
  5. avisions
  6. aviso
  7. Avisod
  8. avisodomist
  9. avisodomists
  10. avisodomy
  11. avisoes

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