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[ em-uh-ser-ee ] / ˈɛm əˌsɛr i / SEE SYNONYMS FOR emissary ON THESAURUS.COM
noun, plural em·is·sar·ies.a representative sent on a mission or errand: emissaries to negotiate a peace. an agent sent on a mission of a secret nature, as a spy. Anatomy. sending or coming out, as certain veins that pass through the skull and connect the venous sinuses inside with the veins outside. pertaining to an emissary. adjectiveArchaic. sent forth, as on a mission. Origin of emissary1595–1605; <Latin ēmissārius one sent out, equivalent to ēmiss- (see emission) + -ārius-ary SYNONYMS FOR emissary1 delegate, ambassador, envoy, legate. SEE SYNONYMS FOR emissary ON THESAURUS.COM Words nearby emissaryEminescu, emiocytosis, emir, emirate, Emiscan, emissary, emissary vein, emission, emission nebula, emission spectrum, emissions trading Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for emissaryInstead, he sent mid-level emissaries to assure the solicitous officials his company would sort things on its own. How Trump’s TikTok ban pushed China’s most independent tech billionaire closer to Beijing|claychandler|September 10, 2020|Fortune The FBI has described Mostafa as an emissary for Zawahiri in Somalia. Anas Al-Liby’s Pakistan Qaeda Connection|Thomas Joscelyn|October 15, 2013|DAILY BEAST Jamal tried to visit the al Qaeda master in Pakistan, he writes, but had to send an emissary instead. Anas Al-Liby’s Pakistan Qaeda Connection|Thomas Joscelyn|October 15, 2013|DAILY BEAST When the emissary phoned him to say the fee had been refused, he said he had meetings and could not talk. Hosni Mubarak Relatives Divided as Egyptians Take Stands on Historic Presidential Election|Dan Ephron|May 23, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Through an emissary, he asked to be paid $3,000 for the interview. Hosni Mubarak Relatives Divided as Egyptians Take Stands on Historic Presidential Election|Dan Ephron|May 23, 2012|DAILY BEAST At 22, the Brooklyn-based Lubavitchers sent him as a kind of emissary to Oxford. Shmuley Boteach: Michael Jackson’s Rabbi Is Running for Congress|Michael Daly|March 16, 2012|DAILY BEAST It is quite true that he was approached by an emissary of Napoleon during April. But her emissary was obliged to return unsuccessful, and had his feet and hands cut off for his pains. The Story of Rouen|Sir Theodore Andrea Cook We knew them both; it was the fairy of Care, and the emissary of Fortune. Andersen's Fairy Tales|Hans Christian Andersen Hodges is examined on suspicion of being an emissary from the British, sent to stir up the Indian tribes against the Americans. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 368, June 1846|Various Surely no one would have taken him to be an emissary of the Metropolitan Police. The Count's Chauffeur|William Le Queux
British Dictionary definitions for emissary
noun plural -saries- an agent or messenger sent on a mission, esp one who represents a government or head of state
- (as modifier)an emissary delegation
an agent sent on a secret mission, as a spy adjective(of veins) draining blood from sinuses in the dura mater to veins outside the skull Word Origin for emissaryC17: from Latin ēmissārius emissary, spy, from ēmittere to send out; see emit Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to emissarymessenger, go-between, envoy, intermediary, spy, bearer, courier, ambassador, rep, agent, herald, scout, representative, carrier, front, legate, consul, delegate, internuncio, hired gun Medical definitions for emissary
n.Any of various venous channels through the skull that connect the venous sinuses of the dura mater with veins external to the skull. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |