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
So Grace is furious, mostly at Kate (because Kate was the messenger, but also because Grace has always disliked Kate for gunning for her job).
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Trish Deitch, Variety, 17 Oct. 2025
Three nations forged modern identities in those years; each saw itself as freedom’s messenger.
—Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025
These missives forced career civil servants, many of them furloughed, to become unwilling messengers for partisan ends.
—Stephanie A, The Conversation, 15 Oct. 2025
This costume is reminiscent of what messengers from the underworld who guide souls to the afterlife would wear in traditional Korean mythology.
—Miranda Rake, Parents, 14 Oct. 2025
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Trish Deitch, Variety, 17 Oct. 2025
Three nations forged modern identities in those years; each saw itself as freedom’s messenger.
—Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025
These missives forced career civil servants, many of them furloughed, to become unwilling messengers for partisan ends.
—Stephanie A, The Conversation, 15 Oct. 2025
This costume is reminiscent of what messengers from the underworld who guide souls to the afterlife would wear in traditional Korean mythology.
—Miranda Rake, Parents, 14 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for messenger
Recent Examples of Synonyms for messenger
Noun
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Jackpocket is the official digital lottery courier of the USA TODAY Network.—
Lorenzino Estrada,
AZCentral.com,
25 Oct. 2025
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Winning lottery numbers are sponsored byJackpocket, the official digital lottery courier of the USA TODAY Network.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr,
USA Today,
25 Oct. 2025
Noun
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My goal is to take people really deep into the mind of a runner, and explain how my life has been shaped by it.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
29 Oct. 2025
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Cyclists, runners, and hikers will all appreciate the city’s proximity to the C&O Canal Towpath and the Great Allegheny Passage (GAP).—
Lydia Mansel,
Southern Living,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Messenger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/messenger. Accessed 2 Nov. 2025.
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