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messenger

mes.sen.ger \'mes-*n-j*r\ n [ME messangere, fr. OF messagier, fr. message] 
   1: one who bears a message or does an errand : as  obs  1a: FORERUNNER, 
   HERALD  1b: a dispatch bearer in government or military service  1c: an 
   employee who carries messages  2: a light line used in hauling a heavier 
   line (as between ships)