About The Word Messenger
Learn about the word Messenger to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Messenger definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
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.
|
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Le ‐ a chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective…
- Isomeric ‐ of or relating to or exhibiting…
- Aplacophoran ‐ deep-water wormlike mollusks lacking calcareous plates on the…
- Appendix ‐ a vestigial process that extends from the lower end of the cecum…
- Saintpaulia ‐ east African herb with nodding flowers; widely…
- Polygonia comma ‐ anglewing butterfly with a comma-shaped mark on the underside…
- Del rio ‐ a town in southwest Texas on the Rio Grande west of…
- Idaho ‐ a state in the Rocky…
- Mithridates ‐ ancient king of Pontus who expanded his kingdom by defeating…
- Agathis ‐ kauri pine