messenger, courier
(noun) a person who carries a message
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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).
(legal) 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.
(computing) An instant messenger program.
A forerunner.
A light scudding cloud preceding a storm.
A piece of paper, etc, blown up a string to a kite.
(oceanography) A weight dropped down a line to close a Nansen bottle.
The secretary bird.
(Scotland) A messenger-at-arms.
messenger (third-person singular simple present messengers, present participle messengering, simple past and past participle messengered)
(transitive) To send something by messenger.
Messenger (plural Messengers)
An occupational surname for a messenger.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Messenger is the 5752nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 6022 individuals. Messenger is most common among White (93.32%) individuals.
Source: Wiktionary
Mes"sen*ger, n. Etym: [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.)
Definition: 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)
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 October 2024
(noun) a group of artists and writers with real or pretended artistic or intellectual aspirations and usually an unconventional life style
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