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lähetti — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • bishop noun A senior clergy member who oversees churches and priests within a district (a diocese).
  • courier noun A person or company that delivers messages, documents, or packages, often quickly or directly.
  • messenger noun A person (or, historically, animal or vehicle) whose job is to carry messages between people.
  • runner noun A person who runs, especially as a sport or form of exercise.

Senses

lähetti is used for these senses in English:

  • bishop (chess) The chess piece denoted ♗ or ♝ which moves along diagonal lines and developed from the shatranj alfil ("elephant") and was originally known as the aufil or archer in English.
  • courier A person who delivers messages.
  • deliveryman Someone employed to make deliveries.
  • gofer (informal) A worker who runs errands; an errand boy.
  • messenger One who brings messages.
  • runner Anyone sent on an errand or with communications, especially for a bank (or, historically, a foot soldier responsible for carrying messages during war).

bishop — full definition

  1. noun A senior clergy member who oversees churches and priests within a district (a diocese).
  2. noun A chess piece that moves diagonally.

courier — full definition

  1. noun A person or company that delivers messages, documents, or packages, often quickly or directly.
  2. verb To send something by courier.

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