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messenger noun [ ˈmɛsɪn(d)ʒə ]

• a person who carries a message or is employed to carry messages.
Similar: message-bearer, message-carrier, postman, courier, errand boy/girl, runner, dispatch rider, envoy, emissary, agent, go-between, legate, nuncio, herald, harbinger,

messenger verb

• send (a document or package) by messenger.
• "could you have it messengered over to me?"
Origin: Middle English: from Old Northern French messanger, variant of Old French messager, from Latin missus (see message).

shoot the messenger

• treat the bearer of bad news as if they were to blame for it.
"I was only reporting—no point in shooting the messenger"



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