MESSENGER

messenger, courier

(noun) a person who carries a message

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

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).

(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.

Verb

messenger (third-person singular simple present messengers, present participle messengering, simple past and past participle messengered)

(transitive) To send something by messenger.

Proper noun

Messenger (plural Messengers)

An occupational surname for a messenger.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Messenger is the 5752^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 6022 individuals. Messenger is most common among White (93.32%) individuals.

Source: Wiktionary

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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

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