COURIER

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A person who carries a message

Synonyms:

courier; messenger

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("courier" is a kind of...):

traveler; traveller (a person who changes location)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "courier"):

conveyer; conveyor (a person who conveys (carries or transmits))

dispatch rider (a messenger who carries military dispatches (usually on a motorcycle))

herald; trumpeter ((formal) a person who announces important news)

bearer (a messenger who bears or presents)

errand boy; messenger boy (a boy who earns money by running errands)

process-server (someone who personally delivers a process (a writ compelling attendance in court) or court papers to the defendant)

runner (a person who is employed to deliver messages or documents)