Nonmessenger

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who is not a messenger.

    "Messengers are big fixie aficionados, but more and more fixed-gear bikes are being ridden by nonmessengers, most conspicuously the kind of younger people to whom the term “hipster” applies and who emanate from certain neighborhoods in Brooklyn."

Example

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"Messengers are big fixie aficionados, but more and more fixed-gear bikes are being ridden by nonmessengers, most conspicuously the kind of younger people to whom the term “hipster” applies and who emanate from certain neighborhoods in Brooklyn."

Etymology

From non- + messenger.

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