Messengers

Etymology

Middle English messangere, from Anglo-French messager, messanger, from message

• Date: 14th century

Definitions

• 1 : one who bears a message or does an errand: as a archaic : forerunner, herald

b : a dispatch bearer in government or military service

c : an employee who carries messages

• 2 : a light line used in hauling a heavier line (as between ships)
• 3 : a substance (as a hormone) that mediates a biological effect
• 4 : messenger rna