A messenger who runs; a person who travels with letters, dispatches, etc., esp. along a fixed route; an express messenger. Also figurative. Now…
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释义 | society > communication > information > message > [noun] > messenger > running or express messenger (8) couriera1382 A messenger who runs; a person who travels with letters, dispatches, etc., esp. along a fixed route; an express messenger. Also figurative. Now… scarceler14.. A kind of courier: see quot. 14... cursor1566 A runner, running messenger. Obsolete. pattamar1598 In southern and western India: a person who carries messages on foot; a courier. Obsolete. cursitora1604 A running messenger, courier; also figurative. Obsolete. express1619 = express messenger at sense A. 4d. Now Historical or archaic except in sense of an express messenger of the Postal Department. cossid1682 ‘A courier or running messenger’ (Yule). tappal-wallah1865 a runner who carries the post in South India. |
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