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A '''messenger''' is a person employed in business to convey messages, official dispatches, telegrams, letters, or parcels, and go on special errands as part of their duties. In the government and military, a messenger is an official [[courier]].
'''Messenger''' may also refer to:
==Computers==
* An [[instant messaging]] client or service in general, or specifically one of the following services:
** [[AOL Instant Messenger]], an ad-supported instant messaging and presence computer program, published by [[America Online]]
** [[BitWise IM]], an instant messaging client published by BitWise Communications, LLC.
** [[Google Talk]], an instant messaging client published by [[Google]]
** [[Miranda IM]], an opensource instant messaging client released under [[GNU GPL]]
** [[MSN Messenger]], the Microsoft instant messaging client preceding [[Windows Live Messenger]]
** [[QQ]], an instant messaging client published by [[Tencent]]
** [[Windows Live Messenger]], an instant messaging client published by Microsoft
** [[Windows Messenger]], the instant messaging client bundled with [[Windows XP]]
** [[Yahoo! Messenger]], an instant messaging client published by [[Yahoo!]]
* The [[Messenger service]], a network-based system notification service included in later versions of Microsoft Windows
==Biology and chemistry==
* Chemical messenger or [[Hormone]], 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
==Media==
* [[Messenger Newspapers]] a group of newspapers in [[Adelaide]], [[South Australia]]
* [[The Messenger Magazine]]
==The Arts==
* [[Messenger (album)|''Messenger'' (album)]], the third album by Edwin McCain, released on June 15, 1999
* ''[[The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc]]'', a 1999 film
* [[Messenger (novel)|''Messenger'' (novel)]], a novel written by Lois Lowry
* "Messenger", an [[List of Power Rangers: S.P.D. episodes|episode of ''Power Rangers: SPD'']]
* [[Messenger Records]], a record label
==Other==
* [[MESSENGER]], a NASA probe to [[Mercury (planet)|Mercury]] launched in 2004
* [[Bicycle messenger|Messenger]], a bicyclist who transports packages through cities
* [[Messenger (horse)]], an English thoroughbred horse that was foaled in 1780, and who was the originating sire of modern-day standardbred horses
* [[Miles Messenger]], a British 1940s liaison aircraft
* [[Muhammad]], known as ''The Messenger'' in [[Islam]]
* Messenger, a tool attached to a [[Capstan (nautical)|capstan]] used to raise the anchor cables on 17th - 19th century sailing ships
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