messenger
nounEtymology
From Middle English messengere, messingere, messangere, from Old French messanger, a variant of Old French messagier (French messager), equivalent to message + -er. Doublet of messager. Displaced native Old English boda (“messenger, envoy”) and ǣrendraca (“messenger, ambassador”). For the replacement of -ager with -enger, -inger, -anger, compare passenger, harbinger, scavenger, porringer. This development may have been merely the addition of n, or it may have resulted due to contamination from other suffixes such as Middle English -ing and the rare Old French -ange, -enc, -inge, -inghe (“-ing”) for Old French -age (“-age”).
- derived from messagier
- derived from messanger
- inherited from messengere
Definitions
One who brings messages.
The secretary bird.
The supporting member of an aerial cable (electric power or telephone or data).
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A person appointed to perform certain ministerial duties under bankrupt and insolvent…
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.
- The Messenger under the joint Commission of Bankruptcy might have seized the Whole, if they had remained in their Warehouse
An instant messenger program.
- The 4 primary messengers include ^([sic]) AOL Instant Messenger, ICQ, Yahoo! Messenger, and MSN Messenger.
- Have them meet you on your favorite messenger program. IMs provide a means of instant chat without waiting on someone to respond back to you.
A forerunner or harbinger.
- a messenger of doom
A light scudding cloud preceding a storm.
A piece of paper, etc., blown up a string to a kite.
A light line with which a heavier line may be hauled e.g. from the deck of a ship to the…
A light line with which a heavier line may be hauled e.g. from the deck of a ship to the pier.
A weight dropped down a line to close a Nansen bottle.
A messenger-at-arms.
A pin which travels across the pin deck to knock over another pin, usually for a strike.
To send something by messenger.
- I'll messenger over the signed documents.
A surname originating as an occupation for a messenger.
A male given name of historical usage.
The neighborhood
Derived
chemical messenger, corbie-messenger, death messenger, don't shoot the messenger, instant messenger, intermessenger, kill the messenger, messenger bag, messengerhood, messengerial, messengerly, messenger of death, messenger pigeon, messenger RNA, messengership, multimessenger, multi-messenger astronomy, neuromessenger, nonmessenger, raven-messenger, second messenger, shoot the messenger
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at messenger. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at messenger. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
10 hops · closes at messenger
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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