mensaxeiro

Galician

Etymology

Attested since circa 1300 (messageyro; the spelling mensajeyro since circa 1375). From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Old French messagier, from message (“message”), from Late Latin missāticum. Compare Portuguese mensageiro, Spanish mensajero, English messenger.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mensaˈʃejɾo̝/

Noun

mensaxeiro m (plural mensaxeiros)

1. messenger; courier
   • 1416, A. Rodríguez González (ed.), Libro do Concello de Santiago (1416-1422). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 9:

     O dito conçello, justiças et jurados, mandaron ao dito Garçia Rodriges, procurador, que enbiase hũu mesajeiro que fose a Pontevedra et Noya et Padron a levar cartas que o dito conçello enbiava aas ditas vilas et que mandavan que fose reçibido en conta ao dito Garçia Rodriges os maravedis que dese a o dito mensajeiro para sua despensa

     The mentioned council and council members ordered that the mentioned García Rodríguez, agent, send a messenger to Pontevedra and Noia and Padrón, carrying letters which the mentioned council send to those towns, and ordered to record in an account the marabedis that Garcia Rodriguez shall give to this messenger for his expenses

   Synonym: correo

Related terms

• mensaxe

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “messageyro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• "messageyro" in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “mensaxeiro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “mensaxeiro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega