errand-ghost

== English == === Alternative forms === errand ghost === Etymology === Revived from Old English ǣrendgāst (“spiritual messenger, angel”). By surface analysis, errand +‎ ghost. === Noun === errand-ghost (plural errand-ghosts)(rare, sometimes puristic) A spirit or spiritual messenger; an angel. 2008, Letters To the Ghost In My House: If that was really insulting, please don't be offended. I certainly don't think of you as my errand-ghost. Actually, I think of you as my friend. (by extension) Any spirit or ghostly messenger.