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dispatch rider

British  

noun

  1. a horseman or motorcyclist who carries dispatches

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Eddie Brown was a dispatch rider in the Royal Corps of Signals.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2024

She studied part time while holding down a clerical job in the Home Office, and, with war raging, also worked as a motor cycle dispatch rider.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2020

Last week, in what was described as a change of "situation," not policy, a special dispatch rider from Kwini Elizabeth rode over to King Freddie's Belgravia flat with a message from Her Majesty.

From Time Magazine Archive

These amenities attended to, Leader Pechanatz gave Mrs. Mitchell a job as dispatch rider on his general staff.

From Time Magazine Archive

A dispatch rider from the Highland Light Infantry came by on a Harley-Davidson.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

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