messenger
noun
- a person who carries a message or goes on an errand
- a person whose work is delivering telegrams, official dispatches, or the like
- Archaic a harbinger; forerunner
- Naut. a light line tied to a heavier one and used in pulling it as from a ship to a pier
See messenger in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(mĕsˈən-jər)
noun- One that carries messages or performs errands, as:
a. A person employed to carry telegrams, letters, or parcels.
b. A military or official courier.
c. An envoy to another person, party, or government.
- A bearer of news.
- A forerunner; a harbinger: the crocus and other messengers of spring.
- A prophet: the messenger of Allah.
- Nautical A chain or rope used for hauling in a cable. Also called messenger line.
transitive verb mes·sen·gered,
mes·sen·ger·ing,
mes·sen·gers To send by messenger.
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