dispatch rider

noun

a horseman or motorcyclist who carries dispatches

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Historical Examples

In a few minutes I could see he was one of our men—evidently a dispatch-rider.
How I Filmed the War
Lieut. Geoffrey H. Malins
There was a dispatch-rider shot a little distance up the road.
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
Swiftly and silently along the moonlit road sped the dispatch-rider.
Tom Slade Motorcycle Dispatch Bearer
Percy Keese Fitzhugh
Tom Slade, dispatch-rider, knew well enough what kamerad meant.
Tom Slade Motorcycle Dispatch Bearer
Percy Keese Fitzhugh

dispatch rider

Examples from the Web for dispatch rider

Historical Examples

In a few minutes I could see he was one of our men—evidently a dispatch-rider.

There was a dispatch-rider shot a little distance up the road.

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.

Swiftly and silently along the moonlit road sped the dispatch-rider.

Tom Slade, dispatch-rider, knew well enough what kamerad meant.