Definition of messenger

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Messenger (n.) A person appointed to perform certain ministerial duties under bankrupt and insolvent laws, such as to take charge og the estate of the bankrupt or insolvent..

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Peon :: Peon (n.) A foot soldier; a policeman; also, an office attendant; a messenger..
Runner :: Runner (n.) A messenger.
Iris :: Iris (n.) The goddess of the rainbow, and swift-footed messenger of the gods..
Mercury :: Mercury (n.) A Latin god of commerce and gain; -- treated by the poets as identical with the Greek Hermes, messenger of the gods, conductor of souls to the lower world, and god of eloquence..
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.) 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..
Message :: Message (n.) Hence, specifically, an official communication, not made in person, but delivered by a messenger; as, the President's message..
Expeditious :: Expeditious (a.) Possessed of, or characterized by, expedition, or efficiency and rapidity in action; performed with, or acting with, expedition; quick; having celerity; speedily; as, an expeditious march or messenger..
Express :: Express (n.) A messenger sent on a special errand; a courier; hence, a regular and fast conveyance; commonly, a company or system for the prompt and safe transportation of merchandise or parcels; also, a railway train for transporting passengers or goods with speed and punctuality..
Dispatch :: Dispatch (v. t.) A message dispatched or sent with speed; especially, an important official letter sent from one public officer to another; -- often used in the plural; as, a messenger has arrived with dispatches for the American minister; naval or military dispatches..
Pursuivant :: Pursuivant (n.) The king's messenger; a state messenger.
Voyol :: Voyol (n.) The block through which a messenger passes.
Messenger :: Messenger (n.) One who, or that which, foreshows, or foretells..
Mercury :: Mercury (n.) A carrier of tidings; a newsboy; a messenger; hence, also, a newspaper..
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..
Caduceus :: Caduceus (n.) The official staff or wand of Hermes or Mercury, the messenger of the gods. It was originally said to be a herald's staff of olive wood, but was afterwards fabled to have two serpents coiled about it, and two wings at the top..
Apparitor :: Apparitor (n.) A messenger or officer who serves the process of an ecclesiastical court.
Intelligencer :: Intelligencer (n.) One who, or that which, sends or conveys intelligence or news; a messenger..
Angel :: Angel (n.) A messenger.
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)..
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