nonmessenger

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

non- +‎ messenger

Noun[edit]

nonmessenger (plural nonmessengers)

  1. One who is not a messenger.
    • 2007 April 29, Jocko Weyland, “Unstoppable”, in New York Times[1]:
      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.