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词汇 message-bearer
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Definition of message-bearer in English:

message-bearer

(also message-carrier)
noun
  • A person who carries a message or is employed to carry messages.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Has he no higher a status than that or a message-carrier or a postman who, after delivering the letter, has no concern with it whatsoever?
    • In ancient Greece, a message bearer's job was a precarious business.
    • I said to the editor who was the message-bearer that it wasn't true, and it didn't belong in the story, period.
    • So far as our convenience was concerned, it was quite useless as a message-bearer.
    • Previous holders of the post had been content to be message bearers from the naval brass and to act as bag carriers for senators on overseas trips.
    • Although the physical dangers of public speaking have disappeared these days, the trepidation of that poor message bearer has not.
    • Unlike other data carriers they have remained unbiased with regards to their primary function as a data and message carrier.
    • Worse, they say they're sometimes used as family spies or message carriers.
    Synonyms
    message-carrier, postman, courier, errand boy, errand girl, runner, dispatch rider, envoy, emissary, agent, go-between, legate, nuncio, herald, harbinger

Definition of message-bearer in US English:

message-bearer

(also message-carrier)
noun
  • A person who carries a message or is employed to carry messages.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Previous holders of the post had been content to be message bearers from the naval brass and to act as bag carriers for senators on overseas trips.
    • I said to the editor who was the message-bearer that it wasn't true, and it didn't belong in the story, period.
    • Has he no higher a status than that or a message-carrier or a postman who, after delivering the letter, has no concern with it whatsoever?
    • Although the physical dangers of public speaking have disappeared these days, the trepidation of that poor message bearer has not.
    • Unlike other data carriers they have remained unbiased with regards to their primary function as a data and message carrier.
    • So far as our convenience was concerned, it was quite useless as a message-bearer.
    • Worse, they say they're sometimes used as family spies or message carriers.
    • In ancient Greece, a message bearer's job was a precarious business.
    Synonyms
    message-carrier, postman, courier, errand boy, errand girl, runner, dispatch rider, envoy, emissary, agent, go-between, legate, nuncio, herald, harbinger
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