emissary
An agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone elseAn agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else.
» The president sent an emissary to renegotiate the terms.
Meaning
4 sensesAn 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
An agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else.
Such an agent spreading a gospel.
Near-synonym: missionary
A venous channel in the skull.
An underground channel by which the water of a lake escapes.
Examples
5 sentencesThe president sent an emissary to renegotiate the terms.
An emissary from a distant solar system has contacted us.
ruПосланец из далёкой Солнечной системы вышел с нами на связь.
It's not as if an emissary from outer space will have slipped into uniform and be loitering around seeking a partner.
It's not as if an emissary from outer space will have slipped into school uniform and be loitering around seeking a partner.
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?
Translations
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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| Singular | emissary |
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Synonyms
2 synonyms- someone sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else:envoy