| 单词 | foot messenger |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfoot messenger foot messenger n. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > heraldry > herald > [noun] > foot-messenger or servant foot servant1668 foot messenger1678 1678 J. Phillips tr. J.-B. Tavernier Indian Trav. xviii. 99 in tr. J.-B. Tavernier Six Voy. He..took the Letters and seal'd them himself; giving some to Foot Messengers[Fr. des gens de pied], others to Horsemen. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 60/1 Foot Messengers of Arms, are such Foot Servants, as are imployed by the Heralds of Arms. 1757 J. H. Grose Voy. E.-Indies x. 192 Betwixt Surat and Bombay there is a constant intercourse preserved..by Pattamars, or foot-messengers, over land. 1888 S. Baring-Gould Eve vi. 36 Barbara sent a foot messenger to Beer Alston. 1915 Missionary Rev. of World Feb. 89/1 To most of the inland towns letters, papers and parcels must still be conveyed by foot messengers. 2013 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 29 July b6 First came years of being a foot messenger in New York City and working in data entry. < as lemmas |
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