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[mes-uh
n-jer] 
–noun
| 1. | a person who carries a message or goes on an errand for another, esp. as a matter of duty or business. |
| 2. | a person employed to convey official dispatches or to go on other official or special errands: a bank messenger. |
| 3. | Nautical.
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| 4. | Oceanography. a brass weight sent down a line to actuate a Nansen bottle or other oceanographic instrument. |
| 5. | Archaic. a herald, forerunner, or harbinger. |
–verb (used with object)
| 6. | to send by messenger. |
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| mes·sen·ger (měs'ən-jər) n.
To send by messenger. [Middle English messanger, from Old French messagier, from message, message; see message.] |
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Messenger
Mes"sen*ger\, n. [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.) 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 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.
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Language Translation for : messenger
Spanish:
mensajero,
German:
der Bote,
Japanese:
使者
messenger
c.1225, messager, from O.Fr. messagier, from message (see message). With parasitic -n- inserted by c.1300 for no apparent reason except that people liked to say it that way (cf. passenger, harbinger, scavenger).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: mes·sen·ger
Pronunciation: 'mes-&n-j&r
Function: noun
1 : a substance (as a hormone) that mediates abiological effect —see FIRST MESSENGER,
2 : MESSENGER RNA
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Messenger
(Heb. mal'ak, Gr. angelos), an angel, a messenger who runs on foot, the bearer of despatches (Job 1:14; 1 Sam. 11:7; 2 Chr. 36:22); swift of foot (2 Kings 9:18).
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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