emissary
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- noun
- /ˈɛmɪˌsɛri/
:
emisario
- As an emissary, he delivered important messages between the two leaders.
- send an emissary
- a high-level emissary
- a court emissary
So basically Amarantha is a high queen emissary for King Highburn.
- So basically Amarantha is a high queen emissary for King Highburn.
- That would be a textbook admission by Trump Junior to an attempt to conspire with emissaries of a foreign government.
- And he sends an emissary to Achilles and Achilles says, no, this is final.
- Next time, Emissary, I'll come say hello.
- So we find out that one of the things on his mind is the emissaries of the High King of the Kargs.
Examples
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And he did persuade the Six Nations to send emissaries there to petition for peace.
Academic text (1995) -
What an emissary of goodwill!
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You say come as an emissary of peace.
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Colonel Jack C. Wales, emissary of the emperor.
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I could ask for no better emissary.
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This is my most trusted emissary.
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Mr. Barnstable is an emissary from the east.
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Unlike the other Vatican emissaries, he respected local culture and practices.
Fiction book (1999) -
I am the emissary to the great god-king Xerxes... come to accept your surrender.
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This in turn LED King Sundiata to send emissaries West to the Kingdom of Jolof.
Synonyms
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6.6
A person sent by a government to talk and make agreements with another country
A government official sent on a special diplomatic mission with lower rank than an ambassador
A person who a government or organization sends to speak for it at official meetings
A person who goes ahead to meet and welcome guests
Compounds
- Specialized
A blood vessel in the head that connects veins inside the skull to veins outside
- Formal
A person who a government or organization sends to speak for it at official meetings
How Official
Surface Forms
Morphology
emissary = emiss + ary
The stem 'emiss' is not a standalone English word and the meaning is not transparently derived for learners from familiar English bases despite the recognizable suffix '-ary'.
Etymology
The word emissary comes from old parts e- and miss- meaning 'send out', the same root as mission. So, an emissary is someone 'sent out' to do a special task for another person or country.