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From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary :   [ easton ]

  Messenger
     (Heb. mal'ak, Gr. angelos), an angel, a messenger who runs on
     foot, the bearer of despatches (Job 1:14; 1 Sam. 11:7; 2 Chr.
     36:22); swift of foot (2 Kings 9:18).
     

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Messenger \Mes"sen*ger\, n. [OE. messager, OF. messagier, F.
     messager. See Message.]
     1. One who bears a message; the bearer of a verbal or written
        communication, notice, or invitation, from one person to
        another, or to a public body; specifically, an office
        servant who bears messages.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. One who, or that which, foreshows, or foretells.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Yon gray lines
              That fret the clouds are messengers of day. --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. (Naut.) 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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. (Law) 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.
        --Bouvier. Tomlins.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Syn: Carrier; intelligencer; courier; harbinger; forerunner;
          precursor; herald.
          [1913 Webster]
  
     Messenger bird, the secretary bird, from its swiftness.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Messenger \Mes"sen*ger\, n. [OE. messager, OF. messagier, F.
     messager. See Message.]
     1. One who bears a message; the bearer of a verbal or written
        communication, notice, or invitation, from one person to
        another, or to a public body; specifically, an office
        servant who bears messages.
  
     2. One who, or that which, foreshows, or foretells.
  
              Yon gray lines That fret the clouds are messengers
              of day.                               --Shak.
  
     3. (Naut.) 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.
  
     4. (Law) 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.
        --Bouvier. Tomlins.
  
     Syn: Carrier; intelligencer; courier; harbinger; forerunner;
          precursor; herald.
  
     Messenger bird, the secretary bird, from its swiftness.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

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

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  messenger
     Αγγλικά n.
     (ετ επαγγ en) ο αγγελιοφόρος, η αγγελιαφόρος

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  messenger
     n.
     1 One who brings messages.
     2 The secretary bird.
     3 The supporting member of an aerial cable (electric power or
  telephone or data).
     4 (lb en legal) 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.
     5 (lb en computing) An instant messenger program.
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To send something by messenger.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  Messenger
     n.
     (surname en from=occupations) for a messenger.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  messenger
     n.
     1 One who brings messages.
     2 The secretary bird.
     3 The supporting member of an aerial cable (electric power or
  telephone or data).
     4 (lb en legal) 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.
     5 (lb en computing) An instant messenger program.
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To send something by messenger.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  Messenger
     n.
     (surname en from=occupations) for a messenger.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  messenger
     n.
     1 One who brings messages.
     2 The secretary bird.
     3 The supporting member of an aerial cable (electric power or
  telephone or data).
     4 (lb en legal) 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.
     5 (lb en computing) An instant messenger program.
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To send something by messenger.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  Messenger
     n.
     (surname en from=occupations) for a messenger.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  messenger
     n.
     1 One who brings messages.
     2 The secretary bird.
     3 The supporting member of an aerial cable (electric power or
  telephone or data).
     4 (lb en legal) 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.
     5 (lb en computing) An instant messenger program.
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To send something by messenger.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  Messenger
     n.
     (surname en from=occupations) for a messenger.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  messenger
     Englanti n.
     viestinviejä

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  messenger
     Engelska n.
     bud, sändebud, budbärare
     Engelska vb.
     buda, skicka något med bud

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Messenger /mˈɛsɪndʒə/
  رسول

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  messenger //ˈmɛs.n̩.d͡ʒə// //ˈmɛs.n̩.d͡ʒɚ// 
  ве́стник, курие́р, пра́теник, пра́теница, пра́теничка
  one who brings messages

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  messenger /mˈɛsɪndʒə/ 
  poslíček

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  messenger /mˈɛsɪndʒə/ 
  posel

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 :   [ freedict:eng-cym ]

  messenger /mˈɛsɪndʒə/ 
  negesydd 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  messenger /mˈɛsɪndʒə/
  Bote , Botin , Überbringer , Überbringerin 
        "send a messenger"  - einen Boten schicken
     Synonym: intelligencer
  
   see: messengers, intelligencer
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  messenger /mˈɛsɪndʒə/
  Handlungsdiener , Handelsdiener  [obs.]
     Synonyms: merchant's apprentice, shopkeeper's apprentice, errand boy, office boy
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  messenger /mˈɛsɪndʒə/
  Kurier 
     Synonyms: courier, intelligencer
  
   see: couriers, messengers, intelligencers, by courier
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  messenger /mˈɛsɪndʒə/
  
  αγγελιοφόρος

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  messenger //ˈmɛs.n̩.d͡ʒə// //ˈmɛs.n̩.d͡ʒɚ// 
  kuriiri, lähetti, sanansaattaja, viestintuoja, viestinviejä
  one who brings messages

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  messenger /mˈɛsɪndʒə/ 
  1. संदेशवाहक
        "The messenger lost his way."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  messenger /mˈɛsɪndʒə/
  dostavljač, glasnik, kurir, poslanik, vjesnik

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  messenger /mˈɛsɪndʒə/
  hírnök

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  messenger //ˈmɛs.n̩.d͡ʒə// //ˈmɛs.n̩.d͡ʒɚ// 
  使者, メッセンジャー, 伝令, 伻
  one who brings messages

From English-Lithuanian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.7.2 :   [ freedict:eng-lit ]

  messenger /'mesındʒər/ 
  1. pasiuntinys, pranešėjas, kurjeris
  2. pranašas

From English-Dutch FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-nld ]

  messenger /mesindʒər/
  bode, gezant, afgezant

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  messenger /ˈmesənʤə/ 
    posłaniec

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  messenger /mˈɛsɪndʒə/ 
  mensageiro

From English-Spanish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 :   [ freedict:eng-spa ]

  messenger /mesindʒər/
  embajador

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  messenger //ˈmɛs.n̩.d͡ʒə// //ˈmɛs.n̩.d͡ʒɚ// 
  budbärare, bud
  one who brings messages

From English-Swahili xFried/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-swh ]

  messenger /mˈɛsɪndʒə/ 
  
  mjumbe

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  messenger /mˈɛsɪndʒə/
  1. haber götüren kimse, ulak
  2. kurye.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈmɛsəndʒɝ/, /ˈmɛsɪndʒɝ/

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :   [ bouvier ]

  MESSENGER. A person appointed to perform certain duties, generally of a 
  ministerial character. 
       2. In England, a messenger appointed under the bankrupt laws, is an 
  officer who is authorized to execute the lawful commands of commissioners of 
  bankrupts. 
  
  

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  58 Moby Thesaurus words for "messenger":
     Hermes, Mercury, Pheidippides, ancestor, announcer, antecedent,
     avant-garde, bellwether, buccinator, buccinator novi temporis,
     bushwhacker, commissar, commissary, commissionaire, commissioner,
     courier, delegate, emissary, envoy, explorer, forebear, foregoer,
     forerunner, foreshadower, front runner, frontiersman, fugleman,
     go-between, gofer, groundbreaker, guide, harbinger, herald,
     innovator, intermediary, lead runner, leader, legate, minister,
     nuncio, page, pathfinder, pioneer, point, precedent, precursor,
     predecessor, premonitor, presager, runner, scout, secretary,
     stormy petrel, trailblazer, trailbreaker, vanguard, vaunt-courier,
     voortrekker
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 报信者,先驱;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 报信者,使者

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