"emissary" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɛmɪˌsɛɹi/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-emissary.wav Forms: emissaries [plural]
Etymology: From French émissaire, from Latin emissarius (“agent, scout, spy”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|émissaire}} French émissaire, {{der|en|la|emissarius||agent, scout, spy}} Latin emissarius (“agent, scout, spy”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} emissary (plural emissaries)
  1. An agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else. Categories (topical): Occupations Translations (an agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else): مَبْعُوث (mabʕūṯ) [masculine] (Arabic), эміса́р (emisár) [masculine] (Belarusian), эміса́рка (emisárka) [feminine] (Belarusian), емиса́р (emisár) [masculine] (Bulgarian), емиса́рка (emisárka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), пра́теник (prátenik) [masculine] (Bulgarian), пра́теница (prátenica) [feminine] (Bulgarian), пра́теничка (prátenička) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 使者 (shǐzhě) (Chinese Mandarin), (bēng) (Chinese Mandarin), emisar [masculine] (Czech), emisař [masculine] (Czech), udsending [common-gender] (Danish), sendebud [neuter] (Danish), afgezant [masculine] (Dutch), wp:p-w-t:y-D54-A1 (wpwtj) (Egyptian), sendito (Esperanto), lähettiläs (Finnish), émissaire [feminine, masculine] (French), Emissär [masculine] (German), Emissärin [feminine] (German), Abgesandter [masculine] (German), αγγελιοφόρος (angeliofóros) [masculine] (Greek), απεσταλμένος (apestalménos) [masculine] (Greek), 使者 (shisha) (alt: ししゃ) (Japanese), 사자 (saja) (alt: 使者) (Korean), emissarius [masculine] (Latin), пратеник (pratenik) [masculine] (Macedonian), пратеничка (pratenička) [feminine] (Macedonian), sendebud [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), رسول (resul) (Ottoman Turkish), emisariusz [masculine] (Polish), emisariuszka [feminine] (Polish), emissário [masculine] (Portuguese), эмисса́р (emissár) [masculine] (Russian), посла́нник (poslánnik) [masculine] (Russian), посла́нница (poslánnica) [feminine] (Russian), emisár [masculine] (Slovak), emisario [masculine] (Spanish), emisaria [feminine] (Spanish), sändebud [neuter] (Swedish), emissarie [common-gender] (Swedish), еміса́р (emisár) [masculine] (Ukrainian), еміса́рка (emisárka) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
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  2. (anatomy) A venous channel in the skull. Categories (topical): Anatomy Translations (a venous channel in the skull): εκφορητικός πόρος (ekforitikós póros) [masculine] (Greek)
    Sense id: en-emissary-en-noun--boOuDdV Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences Disambiguation of 'a venous channel in the skull': 0 98 2
  3. An underground channel by which the water of a lake escapes.
    Sense id: en-emissary-en-noun-w~5Rwu18
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: interpreter (english: divine) [agent, obsolete] Derived forms: emissarial, emissaryship, emissary vein

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "sense": "an agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else",
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          "code": "ko",
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          "roman": "saja",
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      "sense": "an agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else",
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      "sense": "an agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else",
      "word": "伻"
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      "sense": "an agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else",
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      "sense": "an agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else",
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      "sense": "an agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else",
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      "sense": "an agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else",
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      "word": "émissaire"
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      "word": "Emissär"
    },
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      "sense": "an agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "an agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "αγγελιοφόρος"
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      "code": "el",
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      "roman": "apestalménos",
      "sense": "an agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else",
      "tags": [
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      "alt": "ししゃ",
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      "roman": "shisha",
      "sense": "an agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else",
      "word": "使者"
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      "roman": "saja",
      "sense": "an agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else",
      "word": "사자"
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      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "an agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "emissarius"
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      "roman": "pratenik",
      "sense": "an agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "pratenička",
      "sense": "an agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else",
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      "sense": "an agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else",
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      "word": "sendebud"
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      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "resul",
      "sense": "an agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else",
      "word": "رسول"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "an agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "emisariusz"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "an agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "emisariuszka"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "an agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "emissário"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "emissár",
      "sense": "an agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "эмисса́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "poslánnik",
      "sense": "an agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "посла́нник"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "poslánnica",
      "sense": "an agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "посла́нница"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "an agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "emisár"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "an agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "emisario"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "an agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "emisaria"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "an agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "sändebud"
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      "sense": "an agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else",
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      "word": "emissarie"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "emisár",
      "sense": "an agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "еміса́р"
    },
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "emisárka",
      "sense": "an agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "еміса́рка"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ekforitikós póros",
      "sense": "a venous channel in the skull",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "εκφορητικός πόρος"
    }
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}

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