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mes·sen·ger

(mĕs′ən-jər)
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. A prophet.
b. Messenger Islam Muhammad. Used with the.
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.]
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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. (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
[C13: from Old French messagier, from message]
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mes•sen•ger

(ˈmɛs ən dʒər)

n.
1. a person who conveys messages or parcels.
2. a light line for pulling a heavier line to a ship, pier, etc.
3. Archaic. a herald or forerunner.
v.t.
4. to send by messenger.
[1175–1225; Middle English messager < Anglo-French; Old French messagier. See message, -er 2]
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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."
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun 1. [画像:messenger - a person who carries a message]messenger - a person who carries a message
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.
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messenger

noun
A person who carries messages or is sent on errands:
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Translations
رَسُوُلٌ رَسول، حامِل رِسالَه
kurýrposel
budbringer
lähetti
kurir
sendiboîi, boîberi
使者
메신저
glasnik
budbärare
คนส่งข่าว
người đưa tin

messenger

[ˈmesɪndʒəʳ]
A. N → mensajero/a m/f
B. CPD messenger boy N → recadero m
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

messenger

[ˈmɛsɪndʒər] n
(= bringer of news) → messager/ère m/f
(= courier) → coursier/ière m/fmess 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
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

message

(ˈmesidʒ) noun
1. a piece of information spoken or written, passed from one person to another. I have a message for you from Mr Johnston. boodskap رِسالَه съобщение recado zpráva die Mitteilung besked μήνυμα mensaje, recado teade پیغام viesti message הודעה समाचार poruka üzenet pesan skilaboð messaggio 伝言 전갈, 전언 žinia, pranešimas, žinutė ziņa, vēsts pesanan boodschap beskjed, melding wiadomość پيغام recado mesaj сообщение správa sporočilo poruka meddelande ข่าวสาร mesaj, öğreti 訊息 повідомлення; лист تحریری یا زبانی پیغام tin tức 信息
2. the instruction or teaching of a moral story, religion, prophet etc. What message is this story trying to give us? boodskap رِسالَه أخْلاقِيَّه، عِبْرَه послание mensagem poselství, idea die Botschaft budskab ηθικό δίδαγμα mensaje sõnum پیام opetus message מסר संदेश, सूचना pouka mondanivaló, üzenet pesan boðskapur messaggio 教え (소설, 영화 등이 내포하는) 교훈 pamokymas, (pagrindinė) mintis, idėjinis turinys ideja, galvenā doma mesej boodschap budskap, forkynnelse przesłanie پيام، گفته mensagem mesaj идейное содержание posolstvo; idea sporočilo pouka budskap คติสอนใจ ders 啟示 мораль; ідея کسی کہانی وغیرہ کا پیغام یا تعلیم thông điệp 启示
ˈmessenger (-sindʒə) noun
a person who carries letters, information etc from place to place. The king's messenger brought news of the army's defeat. boodskapper رَسول، حامِل رِسالَه пратеник mensageiro posel der Bote budbringer αγγελιοφόρος mensajero käskjalg پستچی lähetti messager/-ère שליח संदेशवाहक glasnik, vjesnik hírnök utusan sendiboði, boðberi messaggero 使者 메신저, 전령 pasiuntinys ziņnesis; kurjers penghantar bode bud, kurer posłaniec ليك ليږدونكى mensageiro mesager курьер posol sel glasnik bud, budbärare คนส่งข่าว haberci 送信者,傳令者 посланець; зв'язківець قاصد، پیامی người đưa tin; sứ giả 送信者,信使
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messenger

→ رَسُوُلٌ 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
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References in classic literature ?
MESSENGER My masters, tell me where the palace is Of Oedipus; or better, where's the king.
MESSENGER All happiness attend her and the house, Blessed is her husband and her marriage-bed.
MESSENGER Good for thy consort and the royal house.
MESSENGER The Isthmian commons have resolved to make Thy husband king--so 'twas reported there.
'There's nothing but hay left now,' the Messenger said, peeping into the bag.
'This young lady loves you with an H,' the King said, introducing Alice in the hope of turning off the Messenger's attention from himself--but it was no use--the Anglo-Saxon attitudes only got more extraordinary every moment, while the great eyes rolled wildly from side to side.
On which the Messenger, to Alice's great amusement, opened a bag that hung round his neck, and handed a sandwich to the King, who devoured it greedily.
'But he's coming very slowly--and what curious attitudes he goes into!' (For the messenger kept skipping up and down, and wriggling like an eel, as he came along, with his great hands spread out like fans on each side.)
As he spoke, a servant of Dawra came with food and drink for the strangers, and hearing how they spoke among themselves, he hastily and in wrath dashed the food upon the table, and returning to his master repeated to him the words of the messenger.
Then Meav's sorrow was bitter, and calling a messenger, she asked if he knew where might be found a young bull to match with White- horned.
The messenger replied that he knew of a much finer bull called Donn Chuailgne, or Brown Bull of Cooley, which belonged to Dawra, the chief of Ulster.
So taking with him nine others, the messenger set out and soon arrived at Cooley.

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