Definition of Messenger

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Messenger

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.

One who, or that which, foreshows, or foretells.

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.

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.

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Messenger Quotations

People want to listen to a message, word from Jah. This could be passed through me or anybody. I am not a leader. Messenger. The words of the songs, not the person, is what attracts people.
Bob Marley

Man is a messenger who forgot the message.
Abraham Joshua Heschel

In a World where people are surrounded by darkness, ignorance and fear, it is a sign of hope to be celebrating Islam's message of peace and light, and the last great Messenger, born and chosen to deliver them to all mankind.
Cat Stevens

I became the messenger who had to be killed.
Anita Hill

I don't accept at all the quite popular argument that the press is responsible for the monarchy's recent troubles. The monarchy's responsible for the monarchy's recent troubles. To blame the press is the old thing of blaming the messenger for the message.
Anthony Holden

The challenge in working in politics, particularly if you're working for a political party, is that everyone's a messenger.
Frank Luntz

I resent the idea that people would blame the messenger for the message, rather than looking at the content of the message itself.
Anita Hill

Not only must the message be correctly delivered, but the messenger himself must be such as to recommend it to acceptance.
Joseph Barber Lightfoot

Don't blame the messenger because the message is unpleasant.
Kenneth Starr

A babe in the house is a well-spring of pleasure, a messenger of peace and love, a resting place for innocence on earth, a link between angels and men.
Martin Farquhar Tupper

Messenger Translations

messenger in Danish is bud
messenger in Dutch is afgezant, bode, gezant
messenger in German is Bote
messenger in Italian is fattorino
messenger in Latin is nuntium-i, cursor, nuntius
messenger in Norwegian is budbringer
messenger in Portuguese is mensageiro
messenger in Spanish is andador, mensajero

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