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messenger definition

mes·sen·ger (mes′ən jər)

noun

    1. a person who carries a message or goes on an errand
    2. a person whose work is delivering telegrams, official dispatches, or the like
  2. Archaic a harbinger; forerunner
  3. Naut. a light line tied to a heavier one and used in pulling it as from a ship to a pier

Etymology: ME messengere (with unhistoric -n-) < OFr messagier: see message

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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