mes·sen·ger (m s  n-jr)n. 1. One that carries messages or performs errands, as: a. A person employed to carry telegrams, letters, or parcels. b. A military or official courier. c. An envoy to another person, party, or government. 2. A bearer of news. 3. A forerunner; a harbinger: the crocus and other messengers of spring. 4. A prophet: the messenger of Allah. 5. Nautical A chain or rope used for hauling in a cable. Also called messenger line. tr.v. mes·sen·gered, mes·sen·ger·ing, mes·sen·gers To send by messenger. [Middle English messanger, from Old French messagier, from message, message; see message.] |
messenger [ˈmɛsɪndʒə]
n
1. a person who takes messages from one person or group to another or others
2. a person who runs errands or is employed to run errands
3. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a carrier of official dispatches; courier
4. (Transport / Nautical Terms) Nautical
a. a light line used to haul in a heavy rope
b. an endless belt of chain, rope, or cable, used on a powered winch to take off power
5. (Historical Terms) Archaic a herald
[from Old French messagier, from message]
messenger
- apostle - Comes from Greek apostolos, "messenger."
- bode - Boda is messenger in Germanic, hence "bode"; at first, a bode was a command—then an omen or premonition.
- enunciate - Derives from Latin nuntius, "messenger."
- angel - The word angel was one of the earliest Germanic adoptions from Latin; originally from Greek aggelos, "messenger," it first meant "hireling" or "messenger."
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  messenger - a person who carries a message dispatch rider - a messenger who carries military dispatches (usually on a motorcycle) herald, trumpeter - (formal) a person who announces important news; "the chieftain had a herald who announced his arrival with a trumpet" bearer - a messenger who bears or presents; "a bearer of good tidings" errand boy, messenger boy - a boy who earns money by running errands process-server - someone who personally delivers a process (a writ compelling attendance in court) or court papers to the defendant runner - a person who is employed to deliver messages or documents; "he sent a runner over with the contract" |
messenger
noun courier, agent, runner, carrier, herald, envoy, bearer, go-between, emissary, harbinger, delivery boy, errand boy The document is to be sent by messenger.
Translations
messenger [ˈmɛsɪndʒər] n
(= bringer of news) → messager/ère m/f
messenger
n
→ Bote m (old, form), → Botin f (old, form), → Überbringer(in) m(f), → (einer Nachricht); (Mil) → Kurier(in) m(f); bank messenger → Bankbote m → /-botin f; don’t shoot the messenger (fig) → lassen Sie Ihren Zorn an dem Verantwortlichen aus
(Med, Biol) → Botenstoff m
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