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Messenger

Messenger Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Messenger? [n] a person who carries a message Synonyms \| Synonyms for Messenger: courier Related Terms \| Find terms related to Messenger: 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 \| Hermes \| innovator \| intermediary \| lead runner \| leader \| legate \| Mercury \| minister \| nuncio \| page \| pathfinder \| Pheidippides \| pioneer \| point \| precedent \| precursor \| predecessor \| premonitor \| presager \| runner \| scout \| secretary \| stormy petrel \| trailblazer \| trailbreaker \| vanguard \| vaunt-courier \| voortrekker See Also \| bearer \| conveyer \| conveyor \| dispatch rider \| errand boy \| herald \| messenger boy \| process-server \| runner \| traveler \| traveller \| trumpeter Messenger In Webster's Dictionary \Mes"sen*ger\, n. [OE. messager, OF. messagier, F. messager. See {Message}.] 1. One who bears a message; the bearer of a verbal or written communication, notice, or invitation, from one person to another, or to a public body; specifically, an office servant who bears messages. 2. One who, or that which, foreshows, or foretells. Yon gray lines That fret the clouds are messengers of day. --Shak. 3. (Naut.) A hawser passed round the capstan, and having its two ends lashed together to form an endless rope or chain; -- formerly used for heaving in the cable. 4. (Law) A person appointed to perform certain ministerial duties under bankrupt and insolvent laws, such as to take charge og the estate of the bankrupt or insolvent. --Bouvier. Tomlins. Syn: Carrier; intelligencer; courier; harbinger; forerunner; precursor; herald. {Messenger bird}, the secretary bird, from its swiftness.

Messenger Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Messenger?

[n] a person who carries a message

Synonyms | Synonyms for Messenger: courier

Messenger In Webster's Dictionary

\Mes"sen*ger\, n. [OE. messager, OF. messagier, F.
messager. See {Message}.]
1. One who bears a message; the bearer of a verbal or written
   communication, notice, or invitation, from one person to
   another, or to a public body; specifically, an office
   servant who bears messages.

2. One who, or that which, foreshows, or foretells.

         Yon gray lines That fret the clouds are messengers
         of day.                               --Shak.

3. (Naut.) A hawser passed round the capstan, and having its
   two ends lashed together to form an endless rope or chain;
   -- formerly used for heaving in the cable.

4. (Law) A person appointed to perform certain ministerial
   duties under bankrupt and insolvent laws, such as to take
   charge og the estate of the bankrupt or insolvent.
   --Bouvier. Tomlins.

Syn: Carrier; intelligencer; courier; harbinger; forerunner;
     precursor; herald.

{Messenger bird}, the secretary bird, from its swiftness.

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