EMISSARY
Dictionary entry overview: What does emissary mean? • EMISSARY (noun)
The noun EMISSARY has 1 sense:
1. someone sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else
Familiarity information: EMISSARY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• EMISSARY (noun)
Meaning:
Someone sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
emissary; envoy
Hypernyms ("emissary" is a kind of...):
representative (a person who represents others)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "emissary"):
legate; official emissary (a member of a legation)
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