Sekirov Dictionary

messenger

UK /ˈmɛs.ən.d͡ʒə/US /ˈmɛs.ən.d͡ʒɚ/

noun12

  1. someone whose job is to carry news, letters or packages from one person to another
  2. An instant messenger program.
  3. A light scudding cloud preceding a storm.
  4. (figurative) A forerunner or harbinger.
  5. A person appointed to perform certain ministerial duties under bankrupt and insolvent laws, such as to take charge of the estate of the bankrupt or insolvent.
  6. (Scotland) A messenger-at-arms.
  7. A light line with which a heavier line may be hauled e.g. from the deck of a ship to the pier.
  8. A piece of paper, etc., blown up a string to a kite.
  9. A weight dropped down a line to close a Nansen bottle.
  10. The supporting member of an aerial cable (electric power or telephone or data).
  11. A pin which travels across the pin deck to knock over another pin, usually for a strike.
  12. The secretary bird.

verb1

  1. To send something by messenger.
forms

messengered · messengering · messengers

Phrases with messenger

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