a person who carries a message or goes on an errand for another, esp. as a matter of duty or business.

a person employed to convey official dispatches or to go on other official or special errands

a bank messenger.

Nautical .

a rope or chain made into an endless belt to pull on an anchor cable or to drive machinery from some power source, as a capstan or winch.

a light line by which a heavier line, as a hawser, can be pulled across a gap between a ship and a pier, a buoy, another ship, etc.

Oceanography . a brass weight sent down a line to actuate a Nansen bottle or other oceanographic instrument.

Archaic . a herald, forerunner, or harbinger.

to send by messenger.

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receiver

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agent , ambassador , bearer , carrier , commissionaire , courier , crier , delegate , delivery person , detachment , detail , dispatcher , emissary , envoy , errand person , flag-bearer , forerunner , go-between * , gofer * , harbinger , herald , intermediary , mediator , minister , post , precursor , prophet , runner , schleppernotes:a harbinger is an indication of the approach of something or someone; a messenger is a person who carries a communications or performs an errand; an omen is a sign of something about to happen , conveyer , transporter , angel , apostle , evangelist , go-between , gofer , legate , mercury , page , pigeon