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Webster 1913 Edition
Messenger
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
That fret the clouds are
messengers
of day. Shakespeare
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 of 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.
Definition 2024
messenger
messenger
English
Noun
messenger (plural messengers)
- One who brings messages.
- (nautical) A light line with which a heavier line may be hauled e.g. from the deck of a ship to the pier.
- The supporting member of an aerial cable (electric power or telephone or data).
- (law) A person appointed to perform certain ministerial duties under bankrupt and insolvent laws, such as to take charge of the estate of the bankrupt or insolvent.
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Derived terms
Translations
one who brings messages
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Verb
messenger (third-person singular simple present messengers, present participle messengering, simple past and past participle messengered)
- (transitive) To send something by messenger.
- I'll messenger over the signed documents.