messenger
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messenger¹
- /ˈmɛs.ən.d͡ʒɚ/ US
- /ˈmɛs.ən.d͡ʒə/ UK
Where it comes from
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”).
noun messengers
- One who brings messages.
- The secretary bird.
- The supporting member of an aerial cable (electric power or telephone or data).
- 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.
- 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 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.
verb messengers · messengering · messengered
- To send something by messenger. I'll messenger over the signed documents.
Messenger²
proper noun Messengers
- A surname originating as an occupation for a messenger.
- A male given name of historical usage.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: courier, mailman, mail, agent, message, herald, e-mail, emissary, factor, nuncius, ambassador, envoy, voicemail, servant, informant, ambulance
Translations
Every language
noun one who brings messages
| Español | mensajero |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 사자 saja, 메신저 mesinjeo, 전령 jeollyeong |
| 日本語 | 使者 shisha, メッセンジャー messenjā, 伝令 denrei, 伻 |
| 中文 | 信使 xìnshǐ, 使者 shǐzhě, 伻 bēng |
| हिन्दी | संदेशवाहक sandeśvāhak, रसूल rasūl, हरकारा harkārā, दूत dūt |
| Kiswahili | tarishi, mesenja |
| Português | mensageiro |
| Français | messager, coursier |
| Deutsch | Kurier, Bote, Botschafter |
| Italiano | messaggero, corriere |
| Ελληνικά | αγγελιοφόρος angeliofóros |
| Română | mesager |
| Русский | посла́нник poslánnik, посы́льный posýlʹnyj, ве́стник véstnik, гоне́ц gonéc, связно́й svjaznój, курье́р kurʹjér |
| Tiếng Việt | người chuyển giao, người báo tin, người đưa tin, người đem tin |
| العربية | رَسُول rasūl, قَاصِد qāṣid |
| עברית | מַלְאָךְ m שָׁלִיחַ mal'akh |
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title = {messenger},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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