messenger

(mĕs'ən-jər)
n.

1. One that carries messages or performs errands, as:
   1. A person employed to carry telegrams, letters, or parcels.
   2. A military or official courier.
   3. 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., -gered, -ger·ing, -gers.
To send by messenger.

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

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Bank employee whose job is collection, by direct presentment, of checks, notes, and drafts that are not drawn on clearinghouse banks and thus are not collectible through a clearinghouse. Messengers also collect special items from brokerages and corporations, such as drafts with stocks or bonds attached. Collection by messenger is frequently known as collections by hand.

noun

A person who carries messages or is sent on errands: bearer, carrier, conveyer, courier, envoy, runner, transporter. See over/under.

n

Definition: person carrying information to another
Antonyms: receiver

n. 1. also messenger line an endless rope, cable, or chain used with a capstan to haul an anchor cable or to drive a powered winch.

2. a light line used to haul or support a larger cable.

See the Introduction, Abbreviations and Pronunciation for further details.

IN BRIEF: Person who carries news or information from one person or place to another.

Whenever you have truth it must be given with love, or the message and the messenger will be rejected. — Gandhi (1869-1948)

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1. something, or someone, that bears or carries a message (def. 1), or that is able to do so.
2. a molecule or substance that carries genetic information; see messenger RNA.
3. a molecule or substance that carries physiological instructions; a rheoseme. See also chemical messenger, first messenger, second messenger.

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Common misspelling(s) of messenger

• messanger

Dansk (Danish)
n. - bud, bybud
v. tr. - sende med bud

Nederlands (Dutch)
boodschapper, bode, werplijn, bemiddelende biologische stof (b.v. hormoon), boodschapper R.N.A. (biologie)

Français (French)
n. - (gén) messager, coursier, (Naut) touline, tournevire
v. tr. - envoyer par coursier

Deutsch (German)
n. - Bote
v. - mit einem Boten schicken

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αγγελιαφόρος, μαντατοφόρος

Italiano (Italian)
messaggero

Português (Portuguese)
n. - mensageiro (m)

Русский (Russian)
посыльный, предвестник

Español (Spanish)
n. - mensajero
v. tr. - enviar por mensajero

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - bud, kurir, kabellarium, förelöpare

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
报信者, 使者, 当使者

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 報信者, 使者
v. tr. - 當使者

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 서신을 전달하는 사람
v. tr. - 서신을 배달하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 通信伝達者, 使者, 伝令, 配達人, 伝達子, メッセンジャー, 補助索, 前兆

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مراسل, رسول‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮שליח, נושא מסר, מבשר‬
v. tr. - ‮שלח באמצעות שליח‬

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