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emissary

 
(ĕm'ĭ-sĕr'ē) pronunciation
n., pl., -ies.
An agent sent on a mission to represent or advance the interests of another.

[Latin ēmissārius, from ēmissus, past participle of ēmittere, to send out. See emit.]


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IN BRIEF: A person sent to represent another.

pronunciation An emissary for the president was sent to attend the coronation.

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Affording an outlet, referring especially to the venous outlets from the dural sinuses through the skull.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - udsending, sendebud

Nederlands (Dutch)
gezant, geheim agent

Français (French)
n. - émissaire, représentant

Deutsch (German)
n. - Gesandter, Emissär

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - απεσταλμένος

Italiano (Italian)
emissario, inviato

Português (Portuguese)
n. - representante (m) (f), agente (m) (f) (esp.) secreto

Русский (Russian)
эмиссар

Español (Spanish)
n. - emisario, enviado

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - emissarie, sändebud

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
密使, 使者, 间谍

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 密使, 使者, 間諜

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 밀사, 간첩

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 使者, 密偵
adj. - 使者の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) رسول, جاسوس,‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮שליח, מעביר שדר‬


 
 
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