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Synonyms
courier, express [British], go-between, page, runner
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The siblings' father worked as a messenger for the Vatican, and the family lived in Vatican City State. — Paulina Dedaj, Fox News, "No bones found in Vatican tombs searched for missing girl," 11 July 2019 Rallying Cry: Old hauntings are simply new messengers in disguise. — Bess Matassa, Teen Vogue, "Weekly Horoscopes January 8-14," 8 Jan. 2014 Macron said the leaders agreed during a dinner the night before that the French president could serve as a G-7 messenger to Iran. — CBS News, "Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif makes surprise G-7 appearance in France," 25 Aug. 2019 The top five include: taxi drivers and chauffers (thanks to Uber and Lyft), construction laborers, industrial engineers (including health and safety), couriers and messengers, and veterinarians. — Halley Bondy, NBC News, "In the know: Women in the news 8/19-8/23," 23 Aug. 2019 Thousands of people camped outside the French coastal resort of Biarritz for G-7 protests are, to say the least, a little skeptical of the new messengers and their motives. — Washington Post, "Protesters skeptical as G7 claims anti-globalization mantle," 22 Aug. 2019 Avoid making hasty decisions while the messenger planet makes his way through these areas. — Venus Australis, refinery29.com, "Your Horoscope This Week," 14 July 2019 On the ’80s, bike messengers, and Alaïa Everybody was thinking about body clothes in the ’80s, literally everybody. — Laird Borrelli-persson, Vogue, "What Does Isaac Mizrahi, Who Showed Bike Shorts Back in 1988, Think of Them Now? Read On . . .," 12 Nov. 2018 The treatment creates an electric current that will result in the release neurotransmitters, essentially the body’s chemical messengers, such as serotonin and dopamine. — Mike Glenn, Houston Chronicle, "Katy psychiatrist offers new treatment options for depression," 24 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'messenger.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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