messager

messager

English

Etymology

message +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛsɪd͡ʒə(ɹ)/

Noun

messager (plural messagers)

1. One who sends a message.
   • 2010, Carol M. Lehman, Debbie D. Dufrene, Business Communication (page 163)

     Some of the most avid text messagers are clustered in Southeast Asia.

2. (obsolete) A messenger.

References

• messager in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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French

Etymology

From Old French messagier, from message.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛ.sa.ʒe/, /me.sa.ʒe/

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Noun

messager m (plural messagers, feminine messagère)

1. messenger; one who carries a message

Derived terms

• messager sagittaire
• messager secrétaire
• messager serpentaire

 

Descendants

• → Italian: messaggero

Further reading

• “messager”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• germasse