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[ noun ] a person who carries a message

Synonyms

courier

Used in print

(Edwin L. Bigelow and Nancy H. Otis,...)

During summers , business was so brisk that Mrs._Wilcox had two assistants and a messenger .

(Stephen Longstreet, Eagles Where I Walk....)

He would send_on by trusted messenger the dispatches with their electrifying news .

(John Dos Passos, Midcentury....)

The phone had been disconnected but telegrams came for him and notes by special messenger .

(Leo Lemon, "Catch Up With" and "Something to...)

Suddenly , a messenger arrives and , just before collapsing dead at his feet , informs him that the Saracens have invaded Silesia , the home province of his affianced .

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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 4005
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