A person or body of persons sent on an errand; an embassy; an envoy, messenger.

A messenger, envoy, ambassador.

Middle English, an ambassador.

messenger, ambassador. (Cf. sandesman, n., sendman, n.)

An ambassador, delegate, messenger.

A person formally commissioned (alone, or as one of a party) to convey a message from or to a monarch or other authority; esp. a minister of high…

A person formally commissioned (alone, or as one of a party) to convey a message from or to a monarch or other authority; an envoy, an emissary; esp.…

ambassador.

A person sent to plead or speak for another; an ambassador, envoy, or messenger. Also figurative. Now historical.

A person who carries a message or goes on an errand for another; a courier. Formerly also: †an envoy or ambassador; a person who brings news or…

An agent or representative, esp. one representing a person of political importance either permanently or on a special occasion; a minister, envoy, or…

= minister, n. 6c.

A high officer of state. A diplomatic agent accredited by one sovereign state to another, esp. (more fully minister plenipotentiary) one ranking…

A public minister sent by one sovereign or government to another for the transaction of diplomatic business. Now applied esp. to diplomatic…

= vakeel, n. 1 2.

An agent or emissary; esp. a person sent on a political mission. Obsolete.

An ambassador.

ambassador-at-large: a diplomat or minister or the highest rank who represents a nation or head of state on specific issues, without being…