messenger (**메**신저) — a person who carries a message or is employed to carry messages
Part of speech: NOUN
Definition: a person who carries a message or is employed to carry messages
Pronunciation (IPA): /ˈmesɪndʒər/
Korean meaning: 메시지를 전달하는 사람, 전령
Korean pronunciation: **메**신저
Example Sentences
- Don't shoot the messenger - I'm just telling you what the boss said!
- The messenger app crashed right when I was about to send my love confession.
- In ancient times, messengers traveled on horseback to deliver important news.
messenger
NOUN//ˈmesɪndʒər//
a person who carries a message or is employed to carry messages
A royal messenger delivers an urgent scroll to the castle lord
From passenger to messenger, the professor's mission begins!
🎤Pronunciation
🌳Etymology
Origin
From Old French 'messagier', meaning 'one who carries messages'. The word combines 'message' (from Latin 'missus' meaning 'sent') with the agent suffix '-er'.
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📝Examples
“Don't shoot the messenger - I'm just telling you what the boss said!”
“The messenger app crashed right when I was about to send my love confession.”
“In ancient times, messengers traveled on horseback to deliver important news.”
“My grandmother still doesn't understand how messenger works on phones.”
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