messenger
noun /ˈmesɪndʒə(r)/
/ˈmesɪndʒər/
Idioms - a person who gives a message to somebody or who delivers messages to people as a job
- He sent the order by messenger.
- a bike/bicycle messenger
- Don’t blame me for the bad news—I’m just the messenger.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryMessenger is used before these nouns:- bag
- bicycle
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old Northern French messanger, variant of Old French messager, from Latin missus, past participle of mittere ‘send’.
Idioms
shoot the messenger
- to blame the person who gives the news that something bad has happened, instead of the person who is really responsible
- Don't shoot the messenger!