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See: forerunner, harbinger, informer, liaison, plenipotentiary, proxy, representative, spokesman

MESSENGER. A person appointed to perform certain duties, generally of a ministerial character.
     2. In England, a messenger appointed under the bankrupt laws, is an officer who is authorized to execute the lawful commands of commissioners of bankrupts.



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