messenger
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2.4
- noun
- /ˈmɛsɪndʒər/
:
mensajero
- You're only his messenger.
- send a messenger
- act as a messenger
- dispatch a messenger
And all of regimes, authoritarian regimes have messengers like her.
- And all of regimes, authoritarian regimes have messengers like her.
- The King said, seeing the messenger stand wordless.
- It's about messengers, the right messenger.
- In those cases, it's the shame messenger that's the one who's killed, not the narcissist.
- So, so look, yes, I, I'm, I'm not the right messenger, but stay in school.
- I am the dove, I am the messenger.
- Everyone could be so mad at the messenger, right?
- As with an adornment that lacks a self, They are merely messengers having no will of their own.
- I think what changes people's minds are our stories and stories told by messengers that they trust.
- So you can't choose your messenger and maybe in a couple years people change your mind.
Examples
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A messenger came to my house with a letter from my friend.
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At the beginning of that year I started work as a messenger.
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You should receive it by messenger this afternoon.
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A messenger brought it today.
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Jack and David talk to a group of messengers outside the Western Union office.
Fiction book (1992) -
On that night he truly was, in David Evanier's phrase, a messenger of hope.
Academic text (2011) -
Let messengers be sent forth and summon my people from near and far.
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I'm only the messenger.
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The messenger delivered an important document to the CEO's office.
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We hired a messenger to ensure the packages arrived on time.
Synonyms
238
2.9
A person or company that delivers letters and packages
157
7.9
A person sent by a government or leader on a special mission to negotiate
96
1.0
A person who delivers letters and packages to people's homes and businesses
94
3.8
A person who carries and delivers messages or packages
63
5.0
A person who carries a coffin at a funeral
60
2.1
A person who delivers messages and small packages between offices
38
1.0
A person who delivers letters and parcels to homes and businesses
7
2.0
A person who delivers letters and packages to homes and businesses
6
2.3
A boy who delivers messages and does small jobs for a business
5
1.4
A person who brings packages or food to people's homes
4
2.3
A person who delivers mail and packages to homes and shops
1
2.7
A person who brings packages to homes or businesses
1
8.4
A person who delivers letters and parcels to homes and shops
Idioms
3
7.8
Blame or punish the person who brings bad news instead of fixing the problem
Compounds
- Specialized
1
4.2
A molecule that carries gene instructions from the cell nucleus to ribosomes to make proteins
How Formal
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Messenger comes from the word message, which goes back to an old root meaning 'to send', the same idea you see in mission. So a messenger was originally someone who 'sent' or carried news, letters, or packages to other people.