messenger boy
Young parcel carrier
A messenger boy is a young male employed to deliver messages, packages, or documents, typically on foot or by bicycle.
The term dates from an era when businesses and telegraph offices hired boys for such errands, and it now carries an old-fashioned or dismissive tone.
Calling someone a messenger boy suggests they lack authority and merely relay information or carry out orders for others.
I'm not your messenger boy—tell him yourself.
One who sprints
- goferMenial task doer
- courierDelivery person or service
- dispatchSend with speed
- deliveryConveyance of goods
note · package · task · assignment · mission · commission · errand boy · page
Electrical message system
- pony expressHorse relay postal service
- heraldOfficial news announcer
- town crierOfficial public announcer
- postmanMail delivery worker
footman · rider · carrier pigeon · dispatch rider · signalman · scroll · missive · Western Union
Wired written dispatch
- dispatchSend with speed
- correspondenceExchanged written communication
- bulletinBrief public announcement
- notificationFormal notice given
news · report · communique · intelligence · word · tidings · missive · letter
runner
One who sprints
delivery · note · package · task · assignment · mission · commission · errand boy · page · bellhop
telegraph
Electrical message system
- pony expressHorse relay postal service
- heraldOfficial news announcer
- town crierOfficial public announcer
postman · footman · rider · carrier pigeon · dispatch rider · signalman · scroll · missive · Western Union · telegram boy
telegram
Wired written dispatch
- dispatchSend with speed
- correspondenceExchanged written communication
- bulletinBrief public announcement
notification · news · report · communique · intelligence · word · tidings · missive · letter · memo
swift
Moving with speed
rapid · nimble · agile · brisk · prompt · hurried · express · rushing · darting · scurrying
- messengerscourier, couriers, herald, heralds, envoy
- Courierscourier, mail carrier, postal worker, delivery driver, deliveryman
messenger boysender
One who dispatches
originator · author · principal · dispatcher · correspondent
messenger, message, messages, messaged, messaging, messengers, boyish, boyhood