"使者" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [ɕiɕa̠] Forms: 使者 [canonical] (ruby: 使(), (しゃ)), shisha [romanization]
Etymology: From Middle Chinese 使者 (MC sriH tsyaeX). Etymology templates: {{der|ja|ltc|-|sort=ししゃ}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|使者|id=2,1}} 使者 (MC sriH tsyaeX) Head templates: {{ja-noun|ししゃ}} 使(し)者(しゃ) • (shisha)
  1. herald, messenger
    Sense id: en-使者-ja-noun-yL-fOBBd Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 91 9 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 84 16 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 83 17 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 84 16
  2. emissary, envoy
    Sense id: en-使者-ja-noun-WDveJibR
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 布告者: herald (fukokusha) (ruby: 布告者(ふこくしゃ)) (english: a person), 前触れ: herald (maebure) (ruby: 前触(まえぶ)) [figuratively], 伝令官 (denreikan) (ruby: 伝令官(でんれいかん))

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