messenger
One who brings messages.
Noun 4 meanings
One who brings messages.
The secretary bird.
The supporting member of an aerial cable (electric power or telephone or data).
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.
Verb 1 meaning
To send something by messenger.
“I'll messenger over the signed documents.”
Etymology
From Middle English messengere, messingere, messangere, from Old French messanger, a variant of Old French messagier (French messager), equivalent to message + -er. Doublet of messager. Displaced native Old English boda (“messenger, envoy”) and ǣrendraca (“messenger, ambassador”).
MESSENGER at a glance
MESSENGER has 9 letters and scores 12 points in Scrabble (M 3 + E 1 + S 1 + S 1 + E 1 + N 1 + G 2 + E 1 + R 1) and 15 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #7,596 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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