What does "messenger" mean?
Messenger: One who, or that which, foreshows, or foretells. Yon gray lines That fret the clouds are messengers of day. Shak.
Additional senses
- 2.(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.
- 3.(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. Messenger bird, the secretary bird, from its swiftness.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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