Nonmessenger
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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
More examples"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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