English Explanatory Dictionary

estafette

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A dispatch rider, especially military; a mounted courier.

Word forms

estafette estafettes estafet

Etymology

Borrowed from French estafette, from Italian staffetta, diminutive of staffa (“stirrup”).

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