messenger

Definitions

• One who brings messages.
• (nautical) A light line with which a heavier line may be hauled e.g. from the deck of a ship to the pier.
• The supporting member of an aerial cable (electric power or telephone or data).
• (legal) 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.
• (computing) An instant messenger program.
• A forerunner.
• A light scudding cloud preceding a storm.
• A piece of paper, etc., blown up a string to a kite.
• (oceanography) A weight dropped down a line to close a Nansen bottle.
• The secretary bird.
• (Scotland) A messenger-at-arms.