messenger

mes·sen·ger  (msn-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.

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[Middle English messanger, from Old French messagier, from message, message; see message.]

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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]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

messenger - a person who carries a message       courier traveler, traveller - a person who changes location conveyer, conveyor - a person who conveys (carries or transmits); "the conveyer of good tidings" 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"

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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 [ˈmesɪndʒəʳ]

A. N → mensajero/a m/f

B. CPD messenger boy N → recadero m

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messenger [ˈmɛsɪndʒə^r] n

(= bringer of news) → messager/ère m/f

(= courier) → coursier/ière m/f
mess hall (US) mess room n (in army) → mess m; (in navy) → carré m

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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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messenger [ˈmɛsɪndʒəʳ] n (gen) → messaggero/a; (in office) → messo

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messenger [ˈmɛsɪndʒəʳ] n (gen) → messaggero/a; (in office) → messo

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messenger → رسول kurýr budbringer Bote αγγελιαφόρος mensajero lähetti messager kurir messaggero 使者 메신저 boodschapper bud posłaniec mensageiro посланник budbärare คนส่งข่าว ulak người đưa tin 使者