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