A person sent on a mission to gain information, or to gain adherents to, or promote the interests of a cause. (Until the 19th century used almost…
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| 释义 | society > authority > delegated authority > one having delegated or derived authority > [noun] > person sent on a mission (5) emissary1631 A person sent on a mission to gain information, or to gain adherents to, or promote the interests of a cause. (Until the 19th century used almost… missioner1654 A person sent on or charged with a mission, a missionary; originally esp. a Jesuit missionary. In modern use chiefly: a person engaged in religious… missionaire1687 A missionary. In example figurative. missionary1693 An agent or emissary; esp. a person sent on a political mission. Obsolete. envoy1696 In wider sense: An agent, commissioner, deputy, messenger, representative. |
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