messengers

Noun

messenger (plural messengers)

1. One who brings messages.
2. The secretary bird.
3. The supporting member of an aerial cable (electric power or telephone or data).
4. 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.
   • The Messenger under the joint Commission of Bankruptcy might have seized the Whole, if they had remained in their Warehouse(Can we date this quote?), James Burrow, Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Court of King's Bench
5. An instant messenger program.
   • 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
6. (figuratively) A forerunner or harbinger.
   • a messenger of doom

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