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  1. 1. n. One who bears a message; the bearer of a verbal or written communication, notice, or invitation, from one person to another, or to a public body; specifically, an office servant who bears messages. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. One who, or that which, foreshows, or foretells. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. A hawser passed round the capstan, and having its two ends lashed together to form an endless rope or chain; -- formerly used for heaving in the cable. Source: opted
  4. 4. n. A person appointed to perform certain ministerial duties under bankrupt and insolvent laws, such as to take charge og the estate of the bankrupt or insolvent. Source: opted
  5. 5. n. a person who carries a message Source: wordnet
  6. 6. 1. One who bears a message; the bearer of a verbal or written communication, notice, or invitation, from one person to another, or to a public body; specifically, an office servant who bears messages. 2. One who, or that which, foreshows, or foretells. Yon gray lines That fret the clouds are messengers of day. Shak. 3. (Naut.) A hawser passed round the capstan, and having its two ends lashed together to form an endless rope or chain; -- formerly used for heaving in the cable. 4. (Law) A person appointed to perform certain ministerial duties under bankrupt and insolvent laws, such as to take charge og the estate of the bankrupt or insolvent. Bouvier. Tomlins. Syn. -- Carrier; intelligencer; courier; harbinger; forerunner; precursor; herald. Messenger bird, the secretary bird, from its swiftness. Source: webster
  7. 7. A hawser passed round the capstan, and having its two endslashed together to form an endless rope or chain; -- formerly usedfor heaving in the cable. Source: adambom
  8. 8. n:100 n. a person who carries a message Source: ecdict

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