mensageiro

• messageiro (obsolete)

Mensagem (“message”) +‎ -eiro (“-eer”) (compare Galician mensaxeiro, Spanish mensajero), from Old French message (“message”), from Late Latin missāticum, from Latin missum, the supine of mittō (“I send”), from Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-, *mith₂- (“to exchange, remove”).

• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌmẽ.sa.ˈʒe(j).ɾo/

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mensageiro m (plural mensageiros, feminine mensageira, feminine plural mensageiras)

1. messenger (one who brings messages)
2. mailman (one who delivers and collects mail and packages)

   Synonyms: carteiro, correio, estafeta

3. (figuratively) herald; harbinger

   Synonyms: arauto, precursor

• mensageiro químico