Messenger
Messenger , noun
[Old English messager, Old French messagier, French messager. See Message.]
1.
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.
2.
One who, or that which, foreshows, or foretells.
Yon gray lines
That fret the clouds are messengers of day.
3.
(Nautical) 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.
4.
(Law) 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. — Bouvier. Tomlins
Collocations (1)
Messenger bird , the secretary bird, from its swiftness.