MESSENGERS
Proper noun
Messengers
plural of Messenger
Noun
messengers
plural of messenger
Source: Wiktionary
MESSENGER
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.
MESSENGER
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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