messenger > define

noun

• A person who carries a message.
  • synonyms: courier

• (n.) 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.
• (n.) 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.
• (n.) 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.
• (n.) One who or that which, foreshows or foretells.