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Grammar : Noun
Spell : mes-uhn-jer
Phonetic Transcription : ˈmɛs ən dʒər



Definition of messenger

Origin :
  • c.1200, messager, from Old French messagier "messenger, envoy, ambassador," from message (see message (n.)). With parasitic -n- inserted by c.1300 for no apparent reason except that people liked to say it that way (cf. passenger, harbinger, scavenger).
  • noun person carrying information to another
Example sentences :
  • “If an angel be a messenger of God, I trow he is one,” said Tibble.
  • Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge
  • "For Miss Dennis," said the messenger; but she handed the card to Mrs. Roberts.
  • Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
  • A note came by a messenger who waited for no answer, as he told the yawning maid.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • The messenger, too, who lends himself to her humour now becomes a proper man.
  • Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
  • Sometimes when there was quarreling between the clans they would not receive a messenger.
  • Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
  • Mayhew sent by messenger a huge placard reading, "Wanted, A Wife."
  • Extract from : « Quaint Courtships » by Various
  • Then the messenger threw aside his mask, and Seth saw that he was Death.
  • Extract from : « A Little Book of Profitable Tales » by Eugene Field
  • She thought that she should see Death, too in the same way, as a messenger.
  • Extract from : « Questionable Shapes » by William Dean Howells
  • The messenger had "no friend on earth," according to Fenton.
  • Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
  • He told the servant to provide the messenger with refreshment, then turned to his guest.
  • Extract from : « Casanova's Homecoming » by Arthur Schnitzler

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