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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

Noun

a person who takes messages from one person or group to another [Old French messagier]

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

Translations

messenger [ˈmɛsɪndʒəʳ] n → mensajero/a

messenger [ˈmɛsɪndʒəʳ] n → messager m

messenger [ˈmɛsɪndʒəʳ] n → Bote m

messenger [ˈmɛsɪndʒəʳ] n → messaggero/a