Contents -AUTHOR INDEX -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD

Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.

Class IV. Words Relating to the Intellectual Faculties
Division (II) Communication of Ideas
Section II. Modes of Communication

534. Messenger.

   NOUN:MESSENGER, angel, envoy, emissary, legate, delegate, nuncio, internuncio, intermediary, go-between; ambassador (diplomatist) [See Consignee].
  Gabriel, Hermes, Mercury, Iris, Ariel.
  marshal, flag bearer, herald, crier, trumpeter, bellman, pursuivant, parlementaire [F.], apparitor.
  COURIER, runner, dak or dawk [India], estafette or estafet, commissionaire; errand boy, chore boy, newsboy.
  MAIL; post, post office; letter bag, mail bag; postman, mail-man, letter carrier; mail train, mail boat, mailer; aërial mail; carrier pigeon.
  TELEGRAPH, cable [colloq.], wire [colloq.], radiotelegraph, wireless telegraph, wireless [colloq.], radio [colloq.].
  TELEPHONE, phone [colloq.], radio-telephone, radiophone, wireless telephone.
  REPORTER, newspaperman, journalist; gentleman -, representative- of the Press; penny-a-liner; hack writer, special -, war -, own- correspondent; spy, scout; informer [See Information].