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==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
| − | [ | + | [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] messangere, from Anglo-French messager, messanger, from message |
*Date: [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_Century 14th century] | *Date: [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_Century 14th century] | ||
==Definitions== | ==Definitions== | ||
Revision as of 22:32, 12 December 2020
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
