Definition of messenger

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Messenger (n.) A hawser passed round the capstan, and having its two ends lashed together to form an endless rope or chain; -- formerly used for heaving in the cable..

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Post :: Post (n.) A messenger who goes from station; an express; especially, one who is employed by the government to carry letters and parcels regularly from one place to another; a letter carrier; a postman..
Surgeful :: Surge (n.) To let go or slacken suddenly, as a rope; as, to surge a hawser or messenger; also, to slacken the rope about (a capstan)..
Pursuivant :: Pursuivant (n.) The king's messenger; a state messenger.
Send :: Send (v. i.) To dispatch an agent or messenger to convey a message, or to do an errand..
Courier :: Courier (n.) A messenger sent with haste to convey letters or dispatches, usually on public business..
Angel :: Angel (n.) A messenger.
Dispatch :: Dispatch (v. t.) The act of sending a message or messenger in haste or on important business.
Nunciate :: Nunciate (n.) One who announces; a messenger; a nuncio.
Peon :: Peon (n.) A foot soldier; a policeman; also, an office attendant; a messenger..
Beadle :: Beadle (v.) A messenger or crier of a court; a servitor; one who cites or bids persons to appear and answer; -- called also an apparitor or summoner.
Apostle :: Apostle (n.) Literally: One sent forth; a messenger. Specifically: One of the twelve disciples of Christ, specially chosen as his companions and witnesses, and sent forth to preach the gospel..
Envoy :: Envoy (n.) One dispatched upon an errand or mission; a messenger; esp., a person deputed by a sovereign or a government to negotiate a treaty, or transact other business, with a foreign sovereign or government; a minister accredited to a foreign government. An envoy's rank is below that of an ambassador..
Harbinger :: Harbinger (n.) A forerunner; a precursor; a messenger.
Embassador :: Embassador (n.) An official messenger and representative.
Errand :: Errand (n.) A special business intrusted to a messenger; something to be told or done by one sent somewhere for the purpose; often, a verbal message; a commission; as, the servant was sent on an errand; to do an errand. Also, one's purpose in going anywhere..
Messenger :: Messenger (n.) One who, or that which, foreshows, or foretells..
Nuncius :: Nuncius (n.) A messenger.
Ebionite :: Ebionite (n.) One of a sect of heretics, in the first centuries of the church, whose doctrine was a mixture of Judaism and Christianity. They denied the divinity of Christ, regarding him as an inspired messenger, and rejected much of the New Testament..
Intelligencer :: Intelligencer (n.) One who, or that which, sends or conveys intelligence or news; a messenger..
Iris :: Iris (n.) The goddess of the rainbow, and swift-footed messenger of the gods..
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