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Messenger

See Yahoo! Messenger, MSN Messenger, Windows Messenger and Windows Live Messenger.

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messenger

1. a carrier of official dispatches; courier

2. Nautical

a. a light line used to haul in a heavy rope

b. an endless belt of chain, rope, or cable, used on a powered winch to take off power

3. Archaic a herald

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messenger [′mes·ən·jər]

(engineering)

A small, cylindrical metal weight that is attached around an oceanographic wire and sent down to activate the tripping mechanism on various oceanographic devices.

(naval architecture)

A light line used to haul in a larger line or hawser.

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Messenger

Aethalides

herald of the Argonauts. [Gk. Myth.: Kravitz, 11]

Alden, John

(1599–1687) speaks to Priscilla Mullins for Miles Standish. [Am. Lit.: “The Courtship of Miles Standish” in Hart, 188–189]

caduceus

Mercury’s staff; symbol of messengers. [Rom. Myth.: Jobes, 266–267]

dove

sent by Noah to see if the waters were abated; returns with an olive leaf. [O.T.: Genesis 8:8–11]

eagle

symbolic carrier of God’s word to all. [Christian Symbol-ism: Appleton, 35]

Gabriel

announces births of Jesus and John the Baptist. [N.T.: Luke 1:19, 26]

Hermes

(Rom. Mercury) messenger of the gods. [Gk. Myth.: Wheeler Dictionary, 240]

Iris

messenger of the gods. [Gk. Myth.: Kravitz, 130; Gk. Lit.: Iliad]

Irus

real name was Arnaeus; messenger of Penelope’s suitors. [Gk. Lit.: Odyssey]

Munin and Hugin

Odin’s two ravens; brought him news from around world. [Norse Myth.: Leach, 761]

Nasby

nickname for U.S. postmasters. [Am. Usage: Brewer Dictionary, 745–746]

Pheidippides

ran 26 miles from Marathon to Athens to carry news of Greek defeat of Persians. [Gk. Legend: Zimmerman, 159]

Pony Express

speedy relay mail-carrying system of 1860s. [Am. Hist.: Flexner, 276]

Reuters

news agency; established as telegraphic and pigeon post bureau (1851). [Br. Hist.: Benét, 852]

Revere, Paul

(1735–1818) warned colonials of British advance (1775). [Am. Hist.: 425–426]

staff

symbolic of a courier on a mission. [Christian Symbolism: Appleton, 4]

Stickles, Jeremy

messenger for the king of England (1880s). [Br. Lit.: Lorna Doone, Magill I, 524–526]

Strogoff, Michael

courier of the czar. [Fr. Lit.: Michael Strogoff]

thorn

the messenger of Satan. [N.T.: II Corinthians 12:7]

Western Union

company founded in 1851; provides telegraphic service in U.S. [Am. Hist.: NCE, 2958]