emissary
noun/ˈɛmɪs(ə)ɹi/UK/ˈɛmɪˌsɛɹi/US
Etymology
From French émissaire, from Latin emissarius (“agent, scout, spy”).
- derived from emissarius
- borrowed from émissaire
Definitions
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.
A venous channel in the skull.
An underground channel by which the water of a lake escapes.
The neighborhood
- neighboremission
- neighboremit
- neighbormissionary
- neighborinterpreter
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA