Messenger
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A messenger or courier is a person or thing that carries a message.
Messenger or Messengers may also refer to:
People
- Messenger (surname)
- Bicycle messenger, a bicyclist who transports packages through cities
- Muhammad and other prophets, who were known as Messengers of Allah
In science and technology
Biology and chemistry
- Chemical messenger, such as a hormone or neurotransmitter, a molecule used for cellular signalling
- Messenger RNA (mRNA), RNA that carries information from DNA to the ribosome sites of protein synthesis in a cell
Electronics and computing
- Instant messenger, a tool for online text communication
- Facebook Messenger, an instant messaging service by Facebook
- Microsoft Messenger service, an instant messaging service by Microsoft
- Windows Live Messenger, the client for said service, formerly named MSN Messenger
- Windows Messenger, another predecessor of the above client
- Windows Messenger service, a networking component of earlier versions of Microsoft Windows
Transport
- MESSENGER, a NASA probe to Mercury launched in 2004
- Messenger, a tool attached to a capstan used to raise the anchor cables on 17th–19th century sailing ships
- Miles Messenger, a British 1940s liaison aircraft
- Messenger (sternwheeler), a sternwheel steamboat of the Puget Sound Mosquito Fleet
Literature
- Messenger (novel), a 2004 novel written by Lois Lowry
- The Messenger (Silva novel),a 2006 novel by Daniel Silva
- The Messenger (Zusak novel),a 2002 novel by Markus Zusak
- The Messenger, a 2001 fantasy novel by Douglas Niles
Periodicals
- Fort Dodge Messenger, a newspaper printed in Fort Dodge, Iowa, United States
- Messenger (magazine), a Mormon fundamentalist publication
- Messenger Newspapers, a group of newspapers in Adelaide, South Australia
- The Messenger (astronomical magazine) is a quarterly astronomical journal published by the European Southern Observatory
- The Messenger (magazine), a monthly magazine associated with the Harlem Renaissance
- The Missionary Messenger, a journal of the British Methodist Episcopal Church in Toronto
- The Messenger (Mount Airy, North Carolina), a U.S. newspaper published in Mount Airy, North Carolina
In film and television
- Mohammad, Messenger of God, a 1977 film directed by Moustapha Akkad, chronicling the life and times of the Prophet of Islam, Muhammad
- The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc, a 1999 film directed by Luc Besson and starring Milla Jovovich
- "Messenger", an episode of Power Rangers SPD
- The Messenger (1918 film), a film starring Oliver Hardy
- The Messenger (1937 film), directed by Raymond Rouleau
- Messengers (film), a 1999 Japanese film by Yasuo Baba
- The Messenger (2008 film), a film by Çağan Irmak
- The Messenger (2009 film), a film by Oren Moverman
- The Messenger (2015 horror film), a horror film directed by David Blair
- The Messenger (2015 documentary film), a documentary film directed by Su Rynard
- The Messengers (film), 2007 horror film directed by the Pang Brothers
- Messengers 2: The Scarecrow, 2009 direct-to-video film, a prequel to 2007 film The Messengers
- The Messengers (TV series), a 2015 American television series
In music
- Messenger Records, a record label
Groups
- The Messengers (producers), a musical songwriting and production duo
- The Messengers Choir, East African gospel group based in the United States
- Paul Kelly and the Messengers, an Australian rock band, active 1987–1992
- Messengers (band), an American Christian metal band
Albums
- Messenger (Edwin McCain album), 1999
- Messenger (Joe Pug album), 2010
- Messengers (album), 2007, by August Burns Red
- The Messenger (Ernest Dawkins album), 2006
- The Messenger (Casey Jones album), 2006
- The Messenger (Kurt Elling album)
- The Messenger (Matt Joe Gow and the Dead Leaves album), 2009
- The Messenger (Johnny Marr album), 2013
Songs
- "The Messenger" (song), by Daniel Lanois, covered by The Tea Party
- "The Messenger", by Linkin Park on their 2010 album A Thousand Suns
- "The Messenger", by Patrick Wolf on his 2009 album The Bachelor
Other uses
- Messenger (horse) (1780–1808), an English thoroughbred horse
- The Messenger (video game), 2001 adventure computer game
- The Messenger (sculpture in Sutton), statue of a horse and rider in Sutton, London
See also
- Apostle (Islam), a messenger sent by the God
- Messenger bag, a type of bag often used by bicycle messengers
- Messenger Feast, a celebration of the Inupiaq and Yup'ik peoples of Alaska
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