dispatch rider

noun

a horseman or motorcyclist who carries dispatches

Nearby words

dispassionately, dispatch, dispatch boat, dispatch box, dispatch case, dispatch rider, dispatcher, dispauper, dispel, dispend, dispensable

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Examples from the Web for dispatch rider

Swiftly and silently along the quiet, winding road sped the dispatch-rider.
Tom Slade Motorcycle Dispatch Bearer|Percy Keese Fitzhugh
Swiftly and silently along the moonlit road sped the dispatch-rider.
Tom Slade Motorcycle Dispatch Bearer|Percy Keese Fitzhugh
The dispatch-rider looked up and saw the major, who had hurried to the scene.
The Wonder of War on Land|Francis Rolt-Wheeler
With those words in his ears, the dispatch-rider joined the immortal host of the dead heroes of France.
The Wonder of War on Land|Francis Rolt-Wheeler

It turned out to be a dispatch-rider, mounted on a motor-bicycle, who with a hoot of his horn roared westward through the village.
Michael|E. F. Benson