伝令(でんれい)

でんれい
noun
messenger; orderly; dispatch
1. messenger; orderly; person who carries orders
A person tasked with delivering orders or messages, especially in a military context. Also refers to the act of conveying orders.
伝令(でんれい)が届(とど)いた。
A dispatch arrived.
伝令(でんれい)を走(はし)らせて援軍(えんぐん)を求(もと)めた。
They sent a messenger running to request reinforcements.
将軍(しょうぐん)は伝令(でんれい)を通(つう)じて全軍(ぜんぐん)に撤退(てったい)命令(めいれい)を出(だ)した。
The general issued a retreat order to the entire army through a messenger.

Primarily a military and historical term. Refers both to the person carrying the message and to the message or order itself. Commonly encountered in historical novels, war narratives, and period dramas.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 伝令(でんれい)を出(だ)す: to send a dispatch
  • 伝令(でんれい)を走(はし)らせる: to send a messenger running
  • ��令(でんれい)兵(へい): messenger soldier; orderly
  • 伝令(でんれい)が届(とど)く: a dispatch arrives
  • 伝令(でんれい)役(やく): the role of messenger

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • 使者(ししゃ): envoy; messenger — a more general term for someone sent on a mission, not limited to military contexts
  • 飛脚(ひきゃく): express messenger — a historical courier in the Edo period
  • 令(れい): order; command — the order itself, not the person carrying it
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Added 2026.4.5 5:24 · Revised 2026.4.10 17:28
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