English Explanatory Dictionary

errand-ghost

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A spirit or spiritual messenger; an angel.
  2. Any spirit or ghostly messenger.

Word forms

errand-ghost errand-ghosts errand ghost

Etymology

From errand + ghost, a modern calque of Old English ǣrendgāst (“spiritual messenger, angel”).

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