messenger

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Courier, or messenger, is a person or thing that carries a message.

Messenger or Messengers may also refer to:

Biology and chemistry

• Chemical messenger, such as a hormone or neurotransmitter, a molecule used for cellular signalling
• Messenger RNA (mRNA), RNA that carries information from DNA to the ribosome sites of protein synthesis in a cell

Films and television

• Mohammad, Messenger of God, a 1977 film directed by Moustapha Akkad, chronicling the life and times of the Prophet of Islam, Muhammad
• The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc, a 1999 film directed by Luc Besson and starring Milla Jovovich
• "Messenger", an episode of Power Rangers SPD
• The Messenger (1918 film), a film starring Oliver Hardy
• The Messenger (1937 film), directed by Raymond Rouleau
• The Messenger (2007 film), a film by Çağan Irmak
• The Messenger (2009 film), a film by Oren Moverman
• The Messengers (film), 2007 horror film directed by the Pang Brothers
  • Messengers 2: The Scarecrow, 2009 direct-to-video film, a prequel to 2007 film The Messengers

Media

• Messenger Newspapers, a group of newspapers in Adelaide, South Australia
• The Missionary Messenger, a journal of the British Methodist Episcopal Church in Toronto
• The Messenger Magazine, a journal associated with the Harlem Renaissance and the Socialist Party of America
• The Messenger and The Messenger of the Sacred Heart, edited by Rev. John J. Wynne, one of five editors of Catholic Encyclopedia
• The Messenger, later the Black Worker, magazine owned by Asa Philip Randolph
• Fort Dodge Messenger, a newspaper printed in Fort Dodge, Iowa, USA
• The Messenger (Mount Airy, North Carolina), a U.S. newspaper published in Mount Airy, North Carolina
• Messenger (magazine), a Mormon fundamentalist publication

Music

• Messenger Records, a record label
• The Messengers (producers), a musical songwriting and production duo
• Sam Messenger, British artist
• Messenger (album), a 1999 album by Edwin McCain
• Messengers (album), a 2007 album by August Burns Red
  • Lost Messengers: The Outtakes, a 2009 EP by August Burns Red
• "The Messenger", a song by Linkin Park on their 2010 album A Thousand Suns
• "The Messenger", a song by Patrick Wolf on his 2009 album The Bachelor
• The Messenger (Casey Jones album)
• "The Messenger" (song), by Daniel Lanois, covered by The Tea Party
• The Messengers Choir, East African gospel group based in the United States
• The Messenger (Kurt Elling album)
• The Messenger (Matt Joe Gow and the Dead Leaves album)
• Paul Kelly and the Messengers (1987–1992), an Australian rock band fronted by Paul Kelly

Literature

• Messenger (novel), a 2004 novel written by Lois Lowry
• The Messenger (Daniel Silva novel),a 2006 novel by Daniel Silva
• The Messenger (Markus Zusak novel),a 2002 novel by Markus Zusak

People

• Messenger (surname)
• Muhammad, known as Messenger in Islam
• Bicycle messenger, a bicyclist who transports packages through cities

Science and computing

• MESSENGER, a NASA probe to Mercury launched in 2004
• Messenger service, a component of Microsoft Windows
• Windows Live Messenger, formerly named MSN Messenger
• Windows Messenger, the predecessor of above

Other

• Messenger bag, a type of bag often used by bicycle messengers
• Messenger (horse) (1780–1808), English thoroughbred horse
• Miles Messenger, a British 1940s liaison aircraft
• Messenger, a tool attached to a capstan used to raise the anchor cables on 17th–19th century sailing ships
• The Messenger (video game), 2001 adventure computer game
• Messenger (sternwheeler), a sternwheel steamboat of the Puget Sound Mosquito Fleet

See also

• Apostle (Islam), a messenger sent by God

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