About The Word Emissary
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Emissary
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What's The Definition Of Emissary?
[n] someone sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else
Synonyms | Synonyms for Emissary: envoy Related Terms | Find terms related to Emissary: ambassador | ambassadress | apostolic delegate | attache | bearer | career diplomat | carrier | chancellor | charge | commercial attache | commissar | commissary | commissionaire | commissioner | consul | consul general | consular agent | courier | delegate | diplomat | diplomatic | diplomatic agent | diplomatic courier | diplomatist | envoy | envoy extraordinary | estafette | express | foreign service officer | go-between | herald | Hermes | internuncio | Iris | legate | Mercury | message-bearer | messenger | military attache | minister | minister plenipotentiary | minister resident | nuncio | Paul Revere | Pheidippides | plenipotentiary | post | postboy | postrider | resident | runner | secretary | secretary of legation | vice-consul | vice-legate See Also | legate | official emissary | representative Emissary In Webster's Dictionary \Em"is*sa*ry\, n.; pl. {Emissaries}. [L. emissarius,
fr. emittere, emissum, to send out: cf. F. ['e]missaire. See
{Emit}.]
An agent employed to advance, in a covert manner, the
interests of his employers; one sent out by any power that is
at war with another, to create dissatisfaction among the
people of the latter.
Buzzing emissaries fill the ears Of listening crowds
with jealousies and fears. --Dryden.
Syn: {Emissary}, {Spy}.
Usage: A spy is one who enters an enemy's camp or territories
to learn the condition of the enemy; an emissary may
be a secret agent appointed not only to detect the
schemes of an opposing party, but to influence their
councils. A spy must be concealed, or he suffers
death; an emissary may in some cases be known as the
agent of an adversary without incurring similar
hazard.
\Em"is*sa*ry\, a. 1. Exploring; spying. --B. Jonson. 2. (Anat.) Applied to the veins which pass out of the cranium through apertures in its walls. |
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