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plural messengers
One who brings messages. examples
The secretary bird. examples
The supporting member of an aerial cable (electric power or telephone or data). examples
(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. quotations examples
The Messenger under the joint Commission of Bankruptcy might have seized the Whole, if they had remained in their Warehouse
, James Burrow, Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Court of King's Bench
(computing) An instant messenger program. quotations examples
The 4 primary messengers include [sic] AOL Instant Messenger, ICQ, Yahoo! Messenger, and MSN Messenger.
2006, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Sexual exploitation of children over the Internet, page 395
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.
2010, Tim Collins, A Woman's Guide to Internet Dating, A Male Perspective, page 49
(figurative) A forerunner or harbinger. examples
A light scudding cloud preceding a storm. examples
A piece of paper, etc., blown up a string to a kite. examples
(nautical) A light line with which a heavier line may be hauled e.g. from the deck of a ship to the pier. examples
(oceanography) A weight dropped down a line to close a Nansen bottle. examples
(Scotland) A messenger-at-arms. examples
(bowling) A pin which travels across the pin deck to knock over another pin, usually for a strike. examples
third-person singular simple present messengers, present participle messengering, simple past and past participle messengered
(transitive) To send something by messenger. examples