Meaning

2 senses

  1. A spirit or spiritual messenger; an angel.

  2. (broadly)Any spirit or ghostly messenger.

Origin

Revived from Old English ǣrendgāst (“spiritual messenger, angel”). By surface analysis, er

Revived from Old English ǣrendgāst (“spiritual messenger, angel”). By surface analysis, errand + ghost.

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Forms

plural: errand-ghosts

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
errerranderranterratic
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