Definitions for Emissary
ˈɛm əˌsɛr iemis·sa·ry

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. emissary, envoynoun

   someone sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. emissarynoun

   An agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else.

2. emissarynoun

   A venous channel in the skull.

3. Etymology: From emissarius directly or via émissaire

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Emissarynoun

   Etymology: emissarius, Latin.

   1. One sent out on private messages; a spy; a secret agent.

   Clifford, now become the state informer, was an emissary and spy of the king’s, and he fled over into Flanders with his consent and privity. Francis Bacon, Henry VII.

   You shall neither eat nor sleep,
   No, nor forth your window peep, With your emissary eye,
   To fetch in the forms go by. Ben Jonson, Underwoods.

   The Jesuits send over emissaries, with instructions to personate themselves members of the several sects amongst us. Jonathan Swift.

   2. One that emits or sends out. A technical sense.

   Wherever there are emissaries, there are absorbent vessels in the skin; and, by the absorbent vessels, mercury will pass into the blood. John Arbuthnot, on Aliments.

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1. emissary

   An emissary is a person or representative sent on a special mission, usually as a diplomatic representative, to deliver a message or to negotiate on behalf of the sender. This individual is usually entrusted to act on behalf of another entity, organization, or government in a specific matter.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Emissarynoun

   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

2. Emissaryadjective

   exploring; spying

3. Emissaryadjective

   applied to the veins which pass out of the cranium through apertures in its walls

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Emissary

   "Emissary" is the first and second episodes, comprising the pilot, of the science fiction television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. A new crew takes command of an abandoned space station and makes an astonishing discovery that will change the galaxy.

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. emissary

   A culvert or drain.

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. emissary

   A person sent by any power that is at war with another, for the purpose of creating disaffection among the people of the latter.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. emissary

   Emissary (noun) as a secret agent.

   Emissary a person who has a mission to represent an organization.

   
   

   Submitted by pinkss5 on October 21, 2015  

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Anagrams for Emissary »

1. missayer

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Emissary in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Emissary in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of Emissary in a Sentence

1. The President:

   I don't think the United States could possibly have a better emissary than our magnificent, and wonderful person, our first lady, Melania Trump.

2. Sameh Shukri:

   The efforts of Saudi Arabia, the recent emissary (from Qatar) ... his meeting with the president, provide an opportunity for the normalization of relations.

3. The Israeli prime minister:

   I’m going to Washington on a fateful, even historic, mission, i feel that I am an emissary of all Israel's citizens, even those who do not agree with me, and of the entire Jewish people.

4. Erik Prince:

   A witness cooperating with Mueller has told investigators the meeting was set up in advance so that a representative of the Trump transition could meet with an emissary from Moscow to discuss future relations between the countries.

5. The Israeli prime minister:

   I feel that I am an emissary of all Israel's citizens, even those who do not agree with me, and of the entire Jewish people.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Emissary
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Emissary
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Emissary
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Emissary
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Emissary
7. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=Emissary
8. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html
9. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Emissary