A messenger, ambassador.

One who makes an announcement; a herald, a messenger. Obsolete from 12th cent., but recently affected by some writers on Old English history.

(As in Greek) One sent on an errand, a messenger. (A verbalism of translation.) Obsolete.

A person or body of persons sent on an errand; an embassy; an envoy, messenger.

A messenger, envoy, ambassador.

A person who brings or delivers a gift, a letter, a message, etc., esp. on behalf of another (often named by that person as ‘the bearer’ in the…

A person who carries a message or goes on an errand for another; a courier. Formerly also: †an envoy or ambassador; a person who brings news or…

Middle English, = errand-bearer n.

messenger, ambassador. (Cf. sandesman, n., sendman, n.)

A messenger. Obsolete.

transferred and figurative. One who proclaims or announces the message of another; a messenger, envoy. Hence, a frequent title of newspapers, as The…

A person or body of people conveying a communication; one or more messengers or envoys: an ambassadorial delegation. Obsolete.

A person who carries a message or goes on an errand for another; a messenger, a courier; (in later use esp.) (Military) an orderly. Also in early…

An envoy, messenger. Cf. sand-man n. at sand, n.1 compounds, sandesman, n.

One who makes known the will of another; a title of Mercury as messenger of the gods. (Latin interpres divum Virgil.) Obsolete.

Originally Theatre. A messenger. Cf. nuncio, n. 2, nuncius, n. Also figurative.

A similar bearer of messages in ancient times or other countries. Obsolete.

figurative and in extended use: a messenger, an agent. Obsolete.

= nuntius, n. 1.

A person who bears a message; a messenger. Also in extended use.

A person (or animal) that carries or conveys a message or other communication.

A person who or thing which makes an announcement; a messenger, a nuncio.

A person or (rarely) a thing having some of the qualities or roles ascribed to Mercury. A messenger; a person who brings news. Obsolete.

A Turkish messenger, sergeant, or lictor.

= forager, n. 1.

A messenger, a carrier of news. Obsolete. rare.

Greek Mythology. The goddess who acted as the messenger of the gods, and was held to display as her sign, or appear as, the rainbow; hence…

A messenger. Obsolete. rare.

= chiaus, n., choush, n. Obsolete.

A person or thing considered to bring or herald the arrival of something; a harbinger of something.

A herald, a messenger.

a messenger sent on purpose or expressly.

An East Indian spy, messenger, or courier.

A person requested or employed to carry out an assignment or assignments as a messenger, courier, porter, etc.; spec. (in French contexts) (a) a…

figurative. A person or thing likened to a carrier pigeon (sense 1), esp. in being the means by which something is transported or communicated.

One who goes on an errand.

= chiaus, n.

A person who delivers visiting cards or messages, esp. as an occupation; a messenger. Obsolete.

A Turkish messenger or sergeant; = chiaus, n.

A member of the bodyguard of the Shah of Iran (Persia), originally consisting of foreign slave soldiers, often from the Caucasus region; (later…