Meaning

12 senses
  1. One who brings messages.

    Kurier, Bote, Botschafter

    посла́нникposlánnik, посы́льныйposýlʹnyj, ве́стникvéstnik

    посла́нникposlánnyk, посла́нецьposlánecʹ, послане́цьposlanécʹ

    a person who carries a message

  2. The secretary bird.

  3. The supporting member of an aerial cable (electric power or telephone or data).

  4. A person appointed to perform certain ministerial duties under bankrupt and insolvent laws, such as to take charge of the estate of the bankrupt or insolvent.

  5. An instant messenger program.

  6. (figuratively)A forerunner or harbinger.

    a messenger of doom

  7. A light scudding cloud preceding a storm.

  8. A piece of paper, etc., blown up a string to a kite.

  9. A light line with which a heavier line may be hauled e.g. from the deck of a ship to the pier.

  10. A weight dropped down a line to close a Nansen bottle.

  11. (Scotland)A messenger-at-arms.

  12. A pin which travels across the pin deck to knock over another pin, usually for a strike.

Examples

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  1. Instead of going myself, I sent a messenger.

    ruВместо того, чтобы идти самому, я отправил посыльного.

    deStatt selbst zu gehen, schickte ich einen Boten.

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  2. Tom didn't like his job as a messenger boy.

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  3. She is the messenger.

    deSie ist die Botin.

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  4. Don't shoot the messenger.

    ruНе стреляйте в гонца.

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  5. I'm just the messenger.

    ruЯ всего лишь посыльный.

    deIch bin nur der Überbringer der Nachricht.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
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Origin

From Middle English messengere, messingere, messangere, from Old French messanger, a varia

From Middle English messengere, messingere, messangere, from Old French messanger, a variant of Old French messagier (French messager), equivalent to message + -er. Doublet of messager.

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