messager

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

MES'SAGER MES'SENGER, noun 1. One who bears a message or an errand; the bearer of a verbal or written communication, notice or invitation from one person to another, or to a public body; one who conveys dispatches from one prince or court to another. 2. A harbinger; a forerunner; he or that which foreshows. You gray lines That fret the clouds, are messengers of day.
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