Express and Messenger

Express

Express noun - One that carries a message or does an errand.

Usage example: the solicitors employ an express to deliver their summonses

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Messenger and express are semantically related. (British) In some cases you can use "Messenger" instead a noun "Express".

Messenger noun - One that carries a message or does an errand.

Usage example: the messenger comes by twice a day to pick up packages

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Express and messenger are semantically related. (British) Sometimes you can use "Express" instead a noun "Messenger".

human	human express	human messenger
musical	musical express	musical messenger
original	original express	original messenger
real	real express	real messenger
Other adjectives: minor, titular, occasional.

Everybody Hates Hades: Averted; Hades actually seems like the most helpful god most of the time, so the only mortals who fear him include those who mistake him for a messenger of death (a discrepancy he does express annoyance with in Get Lost, Odysseus!).

Source: Literature / Myth-O-Mania

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