courant

[koo r-uh nt for 1; koo-rahnt, French koo-rahn for 2]

Heraldry. (of an animal) represented in the act of running: a greyhound courant.

Origin of courant

1595–1605; < French: literally, running, masculine present participle of courir to run; cf. current

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Ronald Fricking Reagan supported gun control, as Brett Josephe reminds us in an op-ed for the Hartford Courant.
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January 15, 2013
According to the Hartford Courant, "Walmart Protests Send A Message But Fail To Deter Crowds".
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Megan McArdle
November 23, 2012
On October 14, 1783, a week after his pub date, Webster commandeered the front page of The Courant.
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Joshua Kendall
July 1, 2011
The author was a 16-year-old Benjamin Franklin, whose older brother edited the Courant.
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Francesca Beauman
February 12, 2010

Warner withdrew from his editorship of the Courant and remained neutral.
Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete
Albert Bigelow Paine
He published the preliminaries of peace in the Daily Courant.
The Journal to Stella
Jonathan Swift
The first journal of this description was the Daily Courant, published in 1709.
Curiosities of Civilization
Andrew Wynter
In 1702 was printed the first daily newspaper, The Daily Courant.
Addison
William John Courthope
The following article appeared in the Daily Courant of Hartford in 1864.
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Word Origin and History for courant

"newspaper" (now only in names of newspapers), from French courant, literally "running," present participle of courir "to run" (see current (adj.)).