Messenger

  • 31messenger — n. to dispatch a messenger * * * [ mes(ə)ndʒə] to dispatch a messenger …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 32messenger — mes|sen|ger [ mesəndʒər ] noun count * someone who delivers messages to people, often as their job a. shoot/blame/kill the messenger to blame the person who brings bad news, even though it is not their fault: Don t shoot the messenger I m just… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 33messenger — /ˈmɛsəndʒə / (say mesuhnjuh) noun 1. someone who bears a message or goes on an errand, especially as a matter of duty or business. 2. someone employed to convey official dispatches or to go on other official or special errands: a bank messenger.… …

  • 34messenger — One who delivers written telegrams. One employed for the delivery of messages, running errands, or services of a comparable character. The term, by its fair import and significance, does not apply to a public officer acting in an original… …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 35messenger — n. 1 a person who carries a message. 2 a person employed to carry messages. Phrases and idioms: King s (or Queen s) Messenger a courier in the diplomatic service. messenger RNA a form of RNA carrying genetic information from DNA to a ribosome.… …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 36messenger — noun Etymology: Middle English messangere, from Anglo French messager, messanger, from message Date: 14th century 1. one who bears a message or does an errand: as a. archaic forerunner, herald b. a dispatch bearer in government or military… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 37Messenger —    (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) …

    Easton's Bible Dictionary

  • 38Messenger — Mes|sen|ger [ mɛsɪndʒə; engl. = Bote], der; s; : auch in Zus. wie »first m.« u. »second m.« viel benutztes Fw. für ↑ Bote oder Botenstoff. * * * Messenger   [dt. »Bote«], Netscape Navigator …

    Universal-Lexikon

  • 39messenger — noun a person who carries a message. ↘Biochemistry a substance that conveys information or a stimulus within the body. verb chiefly US send by messenger. Origin ME: from Old North. Fr. messanger, var. of OFr. messager, from L. missus (see… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 40messenger — noun (C) 1 someone who takes messages to people 2 blame/shoot the messenger to be angry with someone for telling you about something bad that has happened …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English