OriginBorrowed from Spanish aviso (“advice”). Doublet of advice.
- Advisory; information; advice; intelligence.
“I am not foot-poaſt, / No pedlar of Aviſo's, no monopoliſt / Of forged Corantos, monger of Gazets.”
- A kind of dispatch boat or "advice boat", carrying orders before the development of effective remote communication; an advice boat, or dispatch boat.
- A mid-sized colonial warship.
Formsavisos(plural) · avisoes(plural)