Meaning

4 senses
  1. An agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else.

    Emissär, Emissärin, Abgesandter

    эмисса́рemissár, посла́нникposlánnik, посла́нницаposlánnica

    еміса́рemisár, еміса́ркаemisárka

    someone sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else

  2. An agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else.

    Such an agent spreading a gospel.

    Near-synonym: missionary

  3. A venous channel in the skull.

  4. An underground channel by which the water of a lake escapes.

Examples

5 sentences
  1. The president sent an emissary to renegotiate the terms.

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  2. An emissary from a distant solar system has contacted us.

    ruПосланец из далёкой Солнечной системы вышел с нами на связь.

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  3. It's not as if an emissary from outer space will have slipped into uniform and be loitering around seeking a partner.

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  4. It's not as if an emissary from outer space will have slipped into school uniform and be loitering around seeking a partner.

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  5. Is it true that even among the penguins of Antarctica there are emissaries from the Kremlin?

    ruПравда ли, что даже среди пингвинов Антарктиды есть посланцы Кремля?

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Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
an agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else:
Русский
By meaning 1
an agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
an agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else:

Origin

From French émissaire, from Latin emissarius (“agent, scout, spy”).

From French émissaire, from Latin emissarius (“agent, scout, spy”).

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Forms

plural: emissaries
Singularemissary
Pluralemissaries

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • someone sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else:envoy

Word family

6 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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