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