emissary
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English
Etymology
From French émissaire, from Latin emissarius (“agent, scout, spy”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɛmɪs(ə)ɹi/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈɛmɪˌsɛɹi/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
emissary (plural emissaries)
- An agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else.
- 1958, Conrad Brandt, “A Defeat out of Victory and a Devil out of the Machine”, in Stalin's Failure in China, 1924-1927, number 31, Cambridge, Mass.: Russian Research Center, Harvard University Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 143:
- The small group around Ch’en Tu-hsiu that had remained at headquarters hastily sent an emissary — Chang Kuo-t’ao — to Nanch’ang. Though Chang set out immediately, he did not reach Nanch’ang until July 31, the day before the rising.
- Such an agent spreading a gospel.
- Near-synonym: missionary
- (anatomy) A venous channel in the skull.
- An underground channel by which the water of a lake escapes.
Hyponyms
- (agent): interpreter (divine, obsolete)
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Translations
an agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else
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a venous channel in the skull
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