messengernoun [ C ]
uk/ˈmes.ɪn.dʒər/us/ˈmes.ɪn.dʒɚ/someone who takes a message or documents from one person to another:
The documents were delivered by special messenger.
a messenger boy
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Messengers and people who deliver things
- bearer
- broker
- courier
- deliveryman
- errand boy
- go-between
- herald
- letter carrier
- mail carrier
- mailman
- milkman
- postman
- postwoman
- runner
- sender
Idiom(s)
don't shoot the messenger