messenger
[ mes-uhn-jer ]
/ ˈmɛs ən dʒər /
noun
a person who carries a message or goes on an errand for another, especially as a matter of duty or business.
a person employed to convey official dispatches or to go on other official or special errands: a bank messenger.
Nautical.
- a rope or chain made into an endless belt to pull on an anchor cable or to drive machinery from some power source, as a capstan or winch.
- a light line by which a heavier line, as a hawser, can be pulled across a gap between a ship and a pier, a buoy, another ship, etc.
Oceanography.
a brass weight sent down a line to actuate a Nansen bottle or other oceanographic instrument.
Archaic.
a herald, forerunner, or harbinger.
verb (used with object)
to send by messenger.
Origin of messenger
Words nearby messenger
messapian,
messapic,
messed up,
messeigneurs,
messene,
messenger,
messenger rna,
messenia,
messerschmitt,
messiaen,
messiah
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British Dictionary definitions for messenger
messenger
/ (ˈmɛsɪndʒə) /
noun
a person who takes messages from one person or group to another or others
a person who runs errands or is employed to run errands
a carrier of official dispatches; courier
nautical
- a light line used to haul in a heavy rope
- an endless belt of chain, rope, or cable, used on a powered winch to take off power
archaic
a herald
Word Origin for messenger
C13: from Old French
messagier, from
message