messenger
pronunciation
How to pronounce messenger in British English:
UK [ˈmesɪndʒə(r)]
How to pronounce messenger in American English:
US [ˈmesɪndʒər]
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- Noun:
- a person who carries a message
Word Origin
- messenger (n.)
- c. 1200, messager, from Old French messagier "messenger, envoy, ambassador," from message (see message (n.)). With parasitic -n- inserted by c. 1300 for no apparent reason except that people liked to say it that way (compare passenger, harbinger, scavenger).
Example
- 1. Shooting the messenger will not make that truth disappear .
- 2. Anyone who takes it risks becoming a glorified messenger .
- 3. His international efforts have earned him the title of united nations messenger of peace .
- 4. As a messenger at the ghetto hospital , mr edelman was one of the few allowed out .
- 5. One day a messenger arrived at cinderella 's home with an invitation .