What does emissary mean?

Definitions for emissary
ˈɛm əˌsɛr iemis·sa·ry

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. emissary, envoynoun

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

Wiktionary

  1. emissarynoun

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

  2. emissarynoun

    A venous channel in the skull.

  3. Etymology: From emissarius directly or via émissaire

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Emissarynoun

    Etymology: emissarius, Latin.

    Clifford, now become the state informer, was an emissary and spy of the king’s, and he fled over into Flanders with his consent and privity. Francis Bacon, Henry VII.

    You shall neither eat nor sleep,
    No, nor forth your window peep, With your emissary eye,
    To fetch in the forms go by. Ben Jonson, Underwoods.

    The Jesuits send over emissaries, with instructions to personate themselves members of the several sects amongst us. Jonathan Swift.

    Wherever there are emissaries, there are absorbent vessels in the skin; and, by the absorbent vessels, mercury will pass into the blood. John Arbuthnot, on Aliments.

ChatGPT

  1. emissary

    An emissary is a person or representative sent on a special mission, usually as a diplomatic representative, to deliver a message or to negotiate on behalf of the sender. This individual is usually entrusted to act on behalf of another entity, organization, or government in a specific matter.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Emissarynoun

    an agent employed to advance, in a covert manner, the interests of his employers; one sent out by any power that is at war with another, to create dissatisfaction among the people of the latter

  2. Emissaryadjective

    exploring; spying

  3. Emissaryadjective

    applied to the veins which pass out of the cranium through apertures in its walls

Wikidata

  1. Emissary

    "Emissary" is the first and second episodes, comprising the pilot, of the science fiction television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. A new crew takes command of an abandoned space station and makes an astonishing discovery that will change the galaxy.

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. emissary

    A culvert or drain.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. emissary

    A person sent by any power that is at war with another, for the purpose of creating disaffection among the people of the latter.

Editors Contribution

  1. emissary

    Emissary (noun) as a secret agent.

    Emissary a person who has a mission to represent an organization.


    Submitted by pinkss5 on October 21, 2015  

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of emissary in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of emissary in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of emissary in a Sentence

  1. The President:

    I don't think the United States could possibly have a better emissary than our magnificent, and wonderful person, our first lady, Melania Trump.

  2. Sameh Shukri:

    The efforts of Saudi Arabia, the recent emissary (from Qatar) ... his meeting with the president, provide an opportunity for the normalization of relations.

  3. The Israeli prime minister:

    I feel that I am an emissary of all Israel's citizens, even those who do not agree with me, and of the entire Jewish people.

  4. The Israeli prime minister:

    I’m going to Washington on a fateful, even historic, mission, i feel that I am an emissary of all Israel's citizens, even those who do not agree with me, and of the entire Jewish people.

  5. Kate Andersen:

    [ Biden ] understands the fine line Jill Biden has to walk between serving as a goodwill emissary from the US promoting American values, and being a political actor Jill Biden.

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