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| Main Entry: | courier |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | messenger |
| Synonyms: | bearer, carrier, emissary, envoy, express, go-between, gofer*, herald, runner, dispatcher, gopher, intelligencer, internuncio |
| Antonyms: | receiver, sender |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | emissary |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deputy |
| Synonyms: | agent, ambassador, bearer, carrier, consul, courier, delegate, envoy, front, go-between, herald, hired gun*, intermediary, legate, messenger, representative, scout, spy, internuncio, rep |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | envoy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deputy |
| Synonyms: | agent, ambassador, attaché, bearer, carrier, chargé d'affaires, consul, courier, delegate, diplomat, emissary, intermediary, internuncio, legate, medium, messenger, minister, nuncio, plenipotentiary, representative, vicar |
| Main Entry: | herald |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | omen, messenger |
| Synonyms: | adviser, bearer, courier, forerunner, harbinger, indication, precursor, prophet, reporter, runner, sign, signal, token, crier, outrider |
| Main Entry: | messenger |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person carrying information to another |
| Synonyms: | agent, ambassador, bearer, carrier, courier, delegate, detachment, detail, emissary, envoy, forerunner, go-between*, gofer*, harbinger, herald, intermediary, mediator, minister, post, precursor, prophet, runner, commissionaire, crier, delivery person, dispatcher, errand person, flag-bearer, schlepper |
| Notes: | a harbinger is an indication of the approach of something or someone; a messenger is a person who carries a communications or performs an errand; an omen is a sign of something about to happen |
| Antonyms: | receiver |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | letter carrier |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mail carrier |
| Synonyms: | courier, bicycle messenger, mailman, mailperson, mailwoman, postal carrier, postman, postwoman, special messenger |
| Main Entry: | bearer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who carries messages or deliveries |
| Synonyms: | agent, beast of burden*, carrier, courier, emissary, envoy, messenger, porter, runner, servant, shipper, conveyor, drogher, internuncio, transporter |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | carrier |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | one who carries or transmits something |
| Synonyms: | bearer, courier, letter carrier, mail carrier, messenger, shipper, delivery person, transporter |
| Main Entry: | runner |
| Part of Speech: | noun1 |
| Definition: | one who runs |
| Synonyms: | carrier, contestant, courier, entrant, messenger, racer, cross-country runner, distance runner, hurdler, jogger, long distance runner, marathoner, middle distance runner, sprinter, trackman |
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