name
Meaning 1
A surname originating as an occupation for a messenger.
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Standard Lemma guide
messenger
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American: /ˈmɛs.ən.d͡ʒɚ/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈmɛs.ən.d͡ʒə/
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CMU ARPABET: M EH1 S AH0 N JH ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 2: M EH1 S IH0 N JH ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A male given name of historical usage.
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Usage: rare
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noun
Meaning 3
One who brings messages.
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noun
Meaning 4
The secretary bird.
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noun
Meaning 5
The supporting member of an aerial cable (electric power or telephone or data).
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noun
Meaning 6
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.
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Topics: law
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noun
Meaning 7
An instant messenger program.
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Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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noun
Meaning 8
A forerunner or harbinger.
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Usage: figuratively
Examples
- a messenger of doom
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noun
Meaning 9
A light scudding cloud preceding a storm.
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noun
Meaning 10
A piece of paper, etc., blown up a string to a kite.
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noun
Meaning 11
A light line with which a heavier line may be hauled e.g. from the deck of a ship to the pier.
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Topics: nautical, transport
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noun
Meaning 12
A weight dropped down a line to close a Nansen bottle.
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Topics: geography, natural-sciences, oceanography
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noun
Meaning 13
A messenger-at-arms.
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Usage: Scotland
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noun
Meaning 14
A pin which travels across the pin deck to knock over another pin, usually for a strike.
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Topics: bowling, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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verb
Meaning 15
To send something by messenger.
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Usage: transitive
Examples
- I'll messenger over the signed documents.
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noun
Meaning 16
a person who carries a message
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: courier
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Broader terms: traveler, traveller
Narrower terms: conveyer, conveyor, dispatch rider, herald, trumpeter, bearer, messenger boy, errand boy, process-server, runner
History
Etymology
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”).
Across languages
Translations
235 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Aghwan: 𐔼𐕅𐕒𐕡𐕇𐕆𐔴𐕖𐔰𐔾 (il'ux̣hečal) — one who brings messages
- Albanian: lajmëtar — one who brings messages
- Arabic: رَسُول (rasūl) — one who brings messages
- Arabic: قَاصِد (qāṣid) — one who brings messages
- Armenian: բանբեր (banber) — one who brings messages
- Asturian: mensaxeru — one who brings messages
- Azerbaijani: qasid — one who brings messages
- Azerbaijani: rəsul — one who brings messages
- Azerbaijani: elçi — one who brings messages
- Bangi: ntoma — one who brings messages
- Bashkir: хәбәрсе (xəbərse) — one who brings messages
- Belarusian: пасла́нец (paslánjec) — one who brings messages
- Belarusian: пасы́льны (pasýlʹny) — one who brings messages
- Belarusian: звясту́н (zvjastún) — one who brings messages
- Belarusian: ве́снік (vjésnik) — one who brings messages
- Belarusian: гане́ц (hanjéc) — one who brings messages
- Belarusian: сувязны́ (suvjazný) — one who brings messages
- Belarusian: кур'е́р (kurʺjér) — one who brings messages
- Bulgarian: пра́теник (prátenik) — one who brings messages
- Bulgarian: пра́теница (prátenica) — one who brings messages
- Bulgarian: пра́теничка (prátenička) — one who brings messages
- Bulgarian: ве́стник (véstnik) — one who brings messages
- Bulgarian: курие́р (kuriér) — one who brings messages
- Burmese: တမန် (ta.man) — one who brings messages
- Burmese: ဆက်သား (hcaksa:) — one who brings messages
- Catalan: missatger — one who brings messages
- Catalan: missatgera — one who brings messages
- Chinese Mandarin: 信使 (xìnshǐ) — one who brings messages
- Chinese Mandarin: 使者 (shǐzhě) — one who brings messages
- Chinese Mandarin: 伻 (bēng) — one who brings messages
- Ngazidja Comorian: ndrume — one who brings messages
- Ngazidja Comorian: mtrume — one who brings messages
- Czech: posel — one who brings messages
- Czech: kurýr — one who brings messages
- Danish: bud — one who brings messages
- Dutch: boodschapper — one who brings messages
- Dutch: bode — one who brings messages
- Egyptian: wp:p-w-t:y-D54-A1 (wpwtj) — one who brings messages
- Esperanto: mesaĝisto — one who brings messages
- Esperanto: anoncanto — one who brings messages
- Estonian: sõnumitooja — one who brings messages
- Estonian: saadik — one who brings messages
- Faroese: boðberi — one who brings messages
- Faroese: boðsveinur — one who brings messages
- Faroese: sendiboð — one who brings messages
- Faroese: ørindasveinur — one who brings messages
- Finnish: lähetti — one who brings messages
- Finnish: sanansaattaja — one who brings messages
- Finnish: kuriiri — one who brings messages
- Finnish: viestintuoja — one who brings messages
- Finnish: viestinviejä — one who brings messages
- French: messager — one who brings messages
- French: coursier — one who brings messages
- Galician: mensaxeiro — one who brings messages
- Galician: mandadeiro — one who brings messages
- Georgian: მაცნე (macne) — one who brings messages
- Georgian: შიკრიკი (šiḳriḳi) — one who brings messages
- Georgian: მოამბე (moambe) — one who brings messages
- Georgian: მაუწყებელი (mauc̣q̇ebeli) — one who brings messages
- Georgian: მომასწავებელი (momasc̣avebeli) — one who brings messages
- German: Kurier — one who brings messages
- German: Bote — one who brings messages
- German: Botschafter — one who brings messages
- Gothic: 𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌿𐍃 (airus) — one who brings messages
- Greek: αγγελιοφόρος (angeliofóros) — one who brings messages
- Ancient Greek: ἄγγελος (ángelos) — one who brings messages
- Mycenaean Greek: 𐀀𐀐𐀫 (a-ke-ro) — one who brings messages
- Gujarati: દૂત (dūt) — one who brings messages
- Hausa: manzo — one who brings messages
- Hausa: masinja — one who brings messages
- Hebrew: מַלְאָךְ m שָׁלִיחַ (mal'akh) — one who brings messages
- Hindi: संदेशवाहक (sandeśvāhak) — one who brings messages
- Hindi: रसूल (rasūl) — one who brings messages
- Hindi: हरकारा (harkārā) — one who brings messages
- Hindi: दूत (dūt) — one who brings messages
- Hungarian: hírvivő — one who brings messages
- Hungarian: hírnök — one who brings messages
- Icelandic: sendiboði — one who brings messages
- Icelandic: boðberi — one who brings messages
- Irish: teachtaire — one who brings messages
- Irish: scéalaí — one who brings messages
- Irish: eachlach — one who brings messages
- Italian: messaggero — one who brings messages
- Italian: corriere — one who brings messages
- Japanese: 使者 (shisha) — one who brings messages
- Japanese: メッセンジャー (messenjā) — one who brings messages
- Japanese: 伝令 (denrei) — one who brings messages
- Japanese: 伻 — one who brings messages
- Kaingang: jẽnẽ jamã — one who brings messages
- Kazakh: хабаршы (xabarşy) — one who brings messages
- Kazakh: елші (elşı) — one who brings messages
- Khmer: អ្នកនាំសារ (nĕək nŏəm saa) — one who brings messages
- Korean: 사자 (saja) — one who brings messages
- Korean: 메신저 (mesinjeo) — one who brings messages
- Korean: 전령 (jeollyeong) — one who brings messages
- Northern Kurdish: pêyamber — one who brings messages
- Kyrgyz: кабарчы (kabarcı) — one who brings messages
- Kyrgyz: элчи (elci) — one who brings messages
- Lao: ຜູ້ສົ່ງຂ່າວ (phū song khāo) — one who brings messages
- Latin: nūntius — one who brings messages
- Latin: nūntia — one who brings messages
- Latin: cursor — one who brings messages
- Latin: viator — one who brings messages
- Latin: viatrix — one who brings messages
- Latvian: ziņnesis — one who brings messages
- Latvian: kurjers — one who brings messages
- Latvian: vēstnesis — one who brings messages
- Lingala: ntóma — one who brings messages
- Lithuanian: pasiuntinys — one who brings messages
- Lithuanian: kurjeris — one who brings messages
- Macedonian: гласник (glasnik) — one who brings messages
- Macedonian: курир (kurir) — one who brings messages
- Malay: utusan — one who brings messages
- Malay: pengutus — one who brings messages
- Manchu: ᡝᠯᠴᡳᠨ (elcin) — one who brings messages
- Māori: karere — one who brings messages
- Māori: pūrahorua — one who brings messages
- Māori: kaiwaewae — one who brings messages
- Mongolian: элч (elč) — one who brings messages
- Northern Altai: элчи (elči) — one who brings messages
- Norwegian Bokmål: bud — one who brings messages
- Norwegian Bokmål: budbringer — one who brings messages
- Norwegian Bokmål: budbærer — one who brings messages
- Norwegian Bokmål: sendebud — one who brings messages
- Occitan: messatgièr — one who brings messages
- Old Occitan: messatger — one who brings messages
- Church Slavic: проповѣдьникъ (propovědĭnikŭ) — one who brings messages
- Old English: boda — one who brings messages
- Old Norse: árr — one who brings messages
- Old Norse: ǫ́rr — one who brings messages
- Pashto: پېک (peyk) — one who brings messages
- Pashto: رسول (rasúl) — one who brings messages
- Pashto: ټپالي (ṭapālí) — one who brings messages
- Pashto: راستولی (rāstawǝ́lay) — one who brings messages
- Pashto: اېلچي (elčí) — one who brings messages
- Pashto: ايلچي (ilčí) — one who brings messages
- Iranian Persian: پِیْغام رِسان (peyġâm resân) — one who brings messages
- Iranian Persian: پِیْک (peyk) — one who brings messages
- Iranian Persian: رَسول (rasul) — one who brings messages
- Iranian Persian: قاصِد (ġâsed) — one who brings messages
- Polabian: bode — one who brings messages
- Polabian: bezaikă — one who brings messages
- Polish: posłaniec — one who brings messages
- Polish: posłannik — one who brings messages
- Polish: kurier — one who brings messages
- Polish: wysłannik — one who brings messages
- Polish: wysłaniec — one who brings messages
- Polish: poseł — one who brings messages
- Polish: goniec — one who brings messages
- Polish: łącznik — one who brings messages
- Portuguese: mensageiro — one who brings messages
- Quechua: chaski — one who brings messages
- Quechua: kacha — one who brings messages
- Romanian: mesager — one who brings messages
- Russian: посла́нник (poslánnik) — one who brings messages
- Russian: посы́льный (posýlʹnyj) — one who brings messages
- Russian: ве́стник (véstnik) — one who brings messages
- Russian: гоне́ц (gonéc) — one who brings messages
- Russian: связно́й (svjaznój) — one who brings messages
- Russian: курье́р (kurʹjér) — one who brings messages
- Russian: ме́ссенджер (mɛ́ssɛndžer) — one who brings messages
- Sanskrit: दूत (dūta) — one who brings messages
- Serbo-Croatian: гла̑снӣк — one who brings messages
- Serbo-Croatian: ве̑снӣк — one who brings messages
- Serbo-Croatian: вје̑снӣк — one who brings messages
- Serbo-Croatian: glȃsnīk — one who brings messages
- Serbo-Croatian: vȇsnīk — one who brings messages
- Serbo-Croatian: vjȇsnīk — one who brings messages
- Slovak: posol — one who brings messages
- Slovak: kuriér — one who brings messages
- Slovene: sèl — one who brings messages
- Lower Sorbian: pósoł — one who brings messages
- Southern Altai: элчи (elči) — one who brings messages
- Southern Altai: кабарчы (kabarčï) — one who brings messages
- Spanish: mensajero — one who brings messages
- Swahili: tarishi — one who brings messages
- Swahili: mesenja — one who brings messages
- Swedish: bud — one who brings messages
- Swedish: budbärare — one who brings messages
- Swedish: sändebud — one who brings messages
- Tagalog: mensahero — one who brings messages
- Tagalog: sugo — one who brings messages
- Tajik: қосид (qosid) — one who brings messages
- Tajik: расул (rasul) — one who brings messages
- Tashelhit: arqqas — one who brings messages
- Tatar: хәбәрче (xäbärçe) — one who brings messages
- Thai: ผู้แจ้งข่าว (pûu-jɛ̂ɛng-kàao) — one who brings messages
- Thai: ผู้ส่งสาร (pûu-sòng-sǎan) — one who brings messages
- Tibetan: བང་ཆེན — one who brings messages
- Tibetan: ཕོ་ཉ (pho nya) — one who brings messages
- Turkish: haberci — one who brings messages
- Turkish: resul — one who brings messages
- Turkish: elçi — one who brings messages
- Turkish: peyk — one who brings messages
- Ottoman Turkish: اولاق (ulak) — one who brings messages
- Ottoman Turkish: چاپار (çapar) — one who brings messages
- Ottoman Turkish: رسول (resul) — one who brings messages
- Ottoman Turkish: پیك (peyk) — one who brings messages
- Ottoman Turkish: مژدهجی (müjdeci) — one who brings messages
- Turkmen: habarçy — one who brings messages
- Turkmen: resul — one who brings messages
- Ugaritic: 𐎎𐎍𐎀𐎋 (mlảk) — one who brings messages
- Ukrainian: посла́нник (poslánnyk) — one who brings messages
- Ukrainian: посла́нець (poslánecʹ) — one who brings messages
- Ukrainian: послане́ць (poslanécʹ) — one who brings messages
- Ukrainian: ви́сланець (výslanecʹ) — one who brings messages
- Ukrainian: кур'є́р (kurʺjér) — one who brings messages
- Ukrainian: поси́льний (posýlʹnyj) — one who brings messages
- Ukrainian: гоне́ць (honécʹ) — one who brings messages
- Ukrainian: зв'язкови́й (zvʺjazkovýj) — one who brings messages
- Ukrainian: ві́сник (vísnyk) — one who brings messages
- Ukrainian: вісту́н (vistún) — one who brings messages
- Urdu: پَیام نِگار (payām nigār) — one who brings messages
- Urdu: قاصِد (qāsid) — one who brings messages
- Urdu: رَسُول (rasūl) — one who brings messages
- Urdu: ہَرْکارَہ (harkāra) — one who brings messages
- Uyghur: روسۇل (rosul) — one who brings messages
- Uyghur: ئەلچى (elchi) — one who brings messages
- Uyghur: خەۋەرچى (xewerchi) — one who brings messages
- Uzbek: xabarchi — one who brings messages
- Uzbek: rasul — one who brings messages
- Uzbek: elchi — one who brings messages
- Venetan: meso — one who brings messages
- Venetan: mesa — one who brings messages
- Vietnamese: người chuyển giao — one who brings messages
- Vietnamese: người báo tin — one who brings messages
- Vietnamese: người đưa tin — one who brings messages
- Vietnamese: người đem tin — one who brings messages
- Walloon: messaedjî — one who brings messages
- Welsh: cennad — one who brings messages
- Welsh: negesydd — one who brings messages
- Woiwurrung: wiri-giri — one who brings messages
- Wolof: ndaw — one who brings messages
- Yiddish: משולח (meshulekh) — one who brings messages
- Yiddish: שליח (sheliyekh) — one who brings messages
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