messager

English

Etymology

message +‎ -er

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmɛsɪd͡ʒə(ɹ)/

Noun

messager (plural messagers)

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.
(obsolete) A messenger.

References

“messager”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French messagier, from message.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mɛ.sa.ʒe/, /me.sa.ʒe/
Audio (file)

Noun

messager m (plural messagers, feminine messagère)

messenger; one who carries a message

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Italian: messaggero

Further reading

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

Anagrams

germasse

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