messenger n : a person who carries a message [syn: courier]

English

Etymology

From messagier (French: messager), from message.

Pronunciation

Noun

1. One who brings messages.
2. In the context of "nautical": A light line with which a heavier line may be hauled e.g. from the deck of a ship to the pier.
3. The supporting member of an aerial cable ( electric power or telephone or data).

Derived terms

• instant messenger

Translations

Verb

1. To send something by messenger.

   I'll messenger over the signed documents.

A messenger is a person employed in business to convey messages, official dispatches, telegrams, letters, or parcels, and go on special errands as part of their duties. In the government and military, a messenger is an official courier.

Messenger may also refer to:

Computers

• An instant messaging client or service in general, or specifically one of the following services:
  • AOL Instant Messenger, an ad-supported instant messaging and presence computer program, published by America Online
  • BitWise IM, an instant messaging client published by BitWise Communications, LLC
  • Google Talk, an instant messaging client published by Google
  • Miranda IM, an opensource instant messaging client released under GNU GPL
  • MSN Messenger, the Microsoft instant messaging client preceding Windows Live Messenger
  • Windows Live Messenger, an instant messaging client published by Microsoft
  • Windows Messenger, the instant messaging client bundled with Windows XP
  • Yahoo! Messenger, an instant messaging client published by Yahoo!
  • QQ, an instant messaging client published by Tencent

• The Messenger service, a network-based system notification service included in later versions of Microsoft Windows

Biology and chemistry

• Chemical messenger or Hormone, a molecule used for cellular signalling
• Messenger RNA (mRNA), RNA that carries information from DNA to the ribosome sites of protein synthesis in a cell

Media

• Messenger Newspapers a group of newspapers in Adelaide, South Australia
• The Messenger Magazine

The Arts

• Messenger (album), the third album by Edwin McCain, released on June 15, 1999
• The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc, film
• Messenger (novel), a novel written by Lois Lowry
• Messenger, an episode of Power Rangers: SPD
• Messenger Records, a record label

Other

• MESSENGER, a NASA probe to Mercury launched in 2004
• Messenger (horse), an English thoroughbred horse that was foaled in 1780, and who was the originating sire of modern-day standardbred horses
• Bicycle messenger, a bicyclist who transports packages through cities
• Muhammad, known as The Messenger in Islam
• Miles Messenger, a British 1940s liaison aircraft
• Messenger, a tool attached to a capstan used to raise the anchor cables on 17th - 19th century sailing ships

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