| courier Gyropilot Hermes Iris Mercury Paul Revere Pheidippides automatic pilot bearer boatheader boatsteerer carrier cicerone commissionaire cowherd coxswain diplomatic courier dragoman drover emissary envoy estafette express go-between goatherd guide guidepost guider helmsman herd herdsman internuncio mercury message-bearer messenger navigator nuncio pilot pointer post postboy postrider river pilot runner shepherd steerer steersman tour director tour guide |
| messenger Hermes Mercury Pheidippides ancestor announcer antecedent avant-garde bellwether buccinator buccinator novi temporis bushwhacker commissar commissary commissionaire commissioner courier delegate emissary envoy explorer forebear foregoer forerunner foreshadower front runner frontiersman fugleman go-between gofer groundbreaker guide harbinger herald innovator intermediary lead runner leader legate minister nuncio page pathfinder pioneer point precedent precursor predecessor premonitor presager runner scout secretary stormy petrel trailblazer trailbreaker vanguard vaunt-courier voortrekker |
| legate ambassador ambassadress apostolic delegate attache career diplomat chancellor charge commercial attache commissar commissary commissionaire commissioner consul consul general consular agent delegate diplomat diplomatic diplomatic agent diplomatist emissary envoy envoy extraordinary foreign service officer herald internuncio messenger military attache minister minister plenipotentiary minister resident nuncio plenipotentiary resident secretary secretary of legation vice-consul vice-legate |