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emissary

/ˈɛmɪs(ə)ɹi/US/ˈɛmɪˌsɛɹi/

emissary noun: an agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else.

Noun

emissary (plural emissaries)

  1. An agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else.
    • The small group around Ch’en Tu-hsiu that had remained at headquarters hastily sent an emissary—Chang Kuo-t’ao—to Nanch’ang. Though Chang set out immediately, he did not reach Nanch’ang until July 31, the day before the rising.1958, Conrad Brandt, “A Defeat out of Victory and a Devil out of the Machine”, in Stalin's Failure in China, 1924–1927, number 31, Cambridge, Mass.: Russian Research Center, Harvard University Press...
    1. Such an agent spreading a gospel.
      • Near-synonym: missionary
  2. A venous channel in the skull.
  3. An underground channel by which the water of a lake escapes.

emissary meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

emissary in Tamil

ஒற்றர், தூதுச் செய்தியாளர்

emissary in Urdu

ایلچی, جاسوس, مخبر

emissary in Bengali

প্রেরিত দূত

emissary in Malayalam

ambassador, envoy, delegte
ഗൂഢദൂതൻ, രഹസ്യസന്ദേശവാഹകൻ, രഹസ്യദൂതൻ, സന്ദേശഹരൻ, രാജദൂതൻ, അംബാസഡർ
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emissary in Kannada
ಗೂಢಚಾರ, ಬೇಹುಗಾರ, ಗುಪ್ತಚಾರ, ಗುಪ್ತ ಸಂದೇಶವನ್ನು ಕೊಂಡೊಯ್ಯುವವನು
emissary in Arabic
مَبْعُوث mabʕūṯ

Synonyms of emissary

Forms of emissary

pluralemissaries

Plural of emissary: emissaries

Origin of emissary

From French émissaire, from Latin emissarius (“agent, scout, spy”).

Words formed from emissary

Phrases with emissary

Questions about emissary

What does emissary mean?
Emissary means an agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else.
What is emissary in Tamil?
Emissary in Tamil is ஒற்றர், தூதுச் செய்தியாளர். See Emissary meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is emissary?
Emissary is a noun.
How do you pronounce emissary?
Emissary is pronounced /ˈɛmɪs(ə)ɹi/ (UK).
What is the plural of emissary?
The plural of emissary is emissaries.

Words near emissary in the dictionary

  1. Emison
  2. emissaria
  3. emissarial
  4. emissaries
  5. emissarium
  6. emissary
  7. emissary vein
  8. emissary veins
  9. emissaryship
  10. emissile
  11. emission

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Adapted from Wiktionary: emissary (page history and authors); emissary (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); emissary (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Emissary (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); emissary (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); emissary (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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