Unscramble

m 3 e 1 s 1 s 1 e 1 n 1 g 2 e 1 r 1

9 letters · 12 points in Scrabble

Meaning

noun a person who carries a message

originFrom Middle English messengere, messingere, messangere, from Old French messanger, a variant of Old French messagier (French messager), equivalent to message + -er. Doublet of messager. Displaced native Old English boda (“messenger, envoy”) and ǣrendraca (“messenger, ambassador”). For the replacement of -ager with -enger, -inger, -anger, compare passenger, harbinger, scavenger, porringer. This…

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