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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 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.

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.

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 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.

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.

One who carries word from one person or place to another; a herald or bringer of news.

The bearer of a message: a forerunner.

One who bears a message.

One sent with a message; a forerunner; herald.

The bearer of a message or errand; a harbinger; in a ship, a cable used in weighing the anchor.

n. [French] One who bears a message or an errand;— a harbinger; a forerunner; a courier;— an official who carries despatches from the secretaries of the State, both at home and abroad;— a legal officer who executes summonses, letters of diligence, &c., both in civil and criminal matters;— a hawser wound round the capstan, and used for heaving in the cable.