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messager

messenger

noun meh-sah-ZHEH Less Common

Usage Note

Messager is slightly literary or historical; in everyday modern contexts, coursier is used for a delivery courier and the app-style 'messenger' is usually borrowed as-is or described as messagerie. The feminine is messagère. The related noun message (m) is far more frequent in daily speech.

Examples

"Le messager apporta une lettre urgente au roi."

Natural Translation

The messenger brought an urgent letter to the king.

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