messenger
noun
a person who carries a message or goes on an errand for another, especially as a matter of duty or business.
messengers
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pluralof messenger.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The leaders of the A.I. industries are extremely unpopular and make bad messengers for requesting this sort of access.
From Slate ● Oct. 14, 2026
There, five or six messengers had arrived with money in about an hour and a half, transferring at least a million euros, he estimated.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
This called for the creation of fake messengers, and Delmer invented some absolute stunners.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
His lab identified it years ago as one of the thousands of peptides that act as chemical messengers in the human body, one he believed might someday have therapeutic uses for humans.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
It would be joyful news to Clytemnestra and Aegisthus who had always feared what he might do, and they would certainly want to see the messengers.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
