messenger

One who brings messages.

The secretary bird.

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

(law) 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.

(computing) An instant messenger program.

A forerunner.

A light scudding cloud preceding a storm.

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

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

(oceanography) A weight dropped down a line to close a Nansen bottle.

(Scotland) A messenger-at-arms.

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