dispatch rider

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noun

a horseman or motorcyclist who carries dispatches

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Words nearby dispatch rider

dispatch, dispatch boat, dispatch box, dispatch case, dispatcher, dispatch rider, Dis Pater, dispauper, dispel, dispend, dispensable

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How to use dispatch rider in a sentence

What got leaked to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on October 22?
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In 1870, the very Germanically-named August Ruengling fixed a harness for a circus rider and obtained free passes for his family.
We’re All Carnies Now: Why We Can’t Quit the Circus|Anthony Paletta|November 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Det. Johnson left in an elevator and I found myself alone in the building, save two women in the dispatch center.
The Disappearing Cops of East St. Louis|Justin Glawe|November 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He took the techniques of H. Rider Haggard and Jules Verne and brought them into the 20th century.
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You mentioned first falling in love with him when you saw Easy Rider.
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Fortunately, the last crash had been passed without dislocating the parts of either sledge or rider.
The Giant of the North|R.M. Ballantyne
The Colonel read the dispatch of Captain Duffield, sitting on his bed in his nightclothes.
The Courier of the Ozarks|Byron A. Dunn
When a man's in clink, his nag gets nothing but mild exercise till his rightful rider gets out.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
A horse unused to it will sometimes stand shivering instead of taking his rider out of danger.
Hunting the Lions|R.M. Ballantyne
The Weekly Dispatch's accounts of the next world are well worth staying alive for.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 158, April 28, 1920|Various