as in courier
one that carries a message or does an errand
the messenger comes by twice a day to pick up packages
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Recent Examples of messenger
Nina told Newsweek via Reddit messenger that the cats won't listen to her.
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Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2024
Yet Plutarch identifies the messenger as Thersippus or Eucles.
—Miriam Kamil, JSTOR Daily, 20 Nov. 2024
Pointing finger | Climate legacy | Bad messengers Donald Trump is organizing a government, not based on qualifications, but on loyalty.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
Walsh was also head of the New Technologies Team at AOL during the 90s, one of the first people who hackers impersonated on the web and helped launch AOL’s instant messenger client AIM.
—Davey Winder, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
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Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2024
Yet Plutarch identifies the messenger as Thersippus or Eucles.
—Miriam Kamil, JSTOR Daily, 20 Nov. 2024
Pointing finger | Climate legacy | Bad messengers Donald Trump is organizing a government, not based on qualifications, but on loyalty.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
Walsh was also head of the New Technologies Team at AOL during the 90s, one of the first people who hackers impersonated on the web and helped launch AOL’s instant messenger client AIM.
—Davey Winder, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
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“Messenger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/messenger. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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