dispatch rider
Motorcycle message carrier
A dispatch rider is a messenger who travels by motorcycle or bicycle to deliver urgent documents, packages, or military orders.
The term originated with military couriers but now applies to civilian messengers as well: The law firm used dispatch riders to get court filings across London.
In wartime, dispatch riders carried critical communications between units when radio silence was required.
Delivery person or service
- runnerOne who sprints
- bearerOne who conveys something
- envoyAccredited diplomatic representative
- errandShort task away from home
go-between · carrier · postman · signalman · herald · intermediary · page · express
Combat engagement area
- trenchesElongated ground excavations
- reconnaissanceInformation-gathering before action
- wartimePeriod of armed conflict
- frontlineCombat's forward position
orders · headquarters · signals · combat · infantry · patrol · mission · regiment
Motorized two-wheeled vehicle
- helmetProtective head covering
- leathersHide garments, plural
- sidecarMotorcycle's passenger pod
- pannierCarrier hung from sides
goggles · kickstart · throttle · engine · exhaust · handlebars · saddlebags · fairing
courier
Delivery person or service
errand · go-between · carrier · postman · signalman · herald · intermediary · page · express · relay
battlefield
Combat engagement area
- trenchesElongated ground excavations
- reconnaissanceInformation-gathering before action
- wartimePeriod of armed conflict
frontline · orders · headquarters · signals · combat · infantry · patrol · mission · regiment · brigade
motorbike
Motorized two-wheeled vehicle
pannier · goggles · kickstart · throttle · engine · exhaust · handlebars · saddlebags · fairing · headlamp
parcel
Wrapped item for shipping
mail · consignment · pouch · satchel · express · urgent · same-day · pickup · handoff · receipt
priority
Status of greater importance
swift · rapid · time-sensitive · critical · pressing · rush · express · emergency · quick · fast
- wartimerationing, war economy, war bonds, war effort, evacuations
- Courierscourier, messenger, mail carrier, postal worker, delivery driver
- messengersmessenger, courier, couriers, herald, heralds
- ridersdirt biker, biker, cyclist, motorcyclist, mountain biker
- Civil War gearmusket, rifle, bayonet, canteen, knapsack
- equestriansjockeys, horseman, horsewoman, show jumpers, equestrian
dispatch riderradio operator
wireless operator · telegraph operator · signalman · communications officer · telephone operator
ride, dispatch, rider, riding, ridden, riders, dispatched, dispatching, dispatcher