society > armed hostility > warrior > others concerned with military affairs > [noun] > securer of accommodation (3)
One sent on before to secure lodgings for an army or company; in plural an advance company sent to procure lodgings or a camping-ground; = herberger…
One who went in advance of an army, etc. to secure and arrange accommodation, etc.; a purveyor, quarter-master; hence also a courier, harbinger. Also…
= furrier, n.1, forayer, n. 2.