errand-ghost

== English == === Alternative forms === errand ghost === Etymology === From errand +‎ ghost, a modern calque of Old English ǣrendgāst (“spiritual messenger, angel”). === Noun === errand-ghost (plural errand-ghosts)(rare, 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.