Sanakirja.org

Määritelmät

Substantiivi

1. One who brings messages.
2. The secretary bird.
3. The supporting member of an aerial cable (electric power or telephone or data).
4. (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.
5. (computing) An instant messenger program.
6. (figurative) A forerunner or harbinger.
7. A light scudding cloud preceding a storm.
8. A piece of paper, etc., blown up a string to a kite.
9. (nautical) A light line with which a heavier line may be hauled e.g. from the deck of a ship to the pier.
10. (oceanography) A weight dropped down a line to close a Nansen bottle.
11. (Scotland) A messenger-at-arms.
12. (bowling) A pin which travels across the pin deck to knock over another pin, usually for a strike.

Verbi

1. (transitive) To send something by messenger.