English Explanatory Dictionary

emissary

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else.
  2. Such an agent spreading a gospel.
  3. A venous channel in the skull.
  4. An underground channel by which the water of a lake escapes.

Pronunciation

/ˈɛmɪs(ə)ɹi/ /ˈɛmɪˌsɛɹi/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-emissary.wav

Word forms

emissary emissaries

Etymology

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

Synonyms

missionary

Related words

emission emit missionary

Derived words

emissarial emissaryship emissary vein

Translations

Arabic: مَبْعُوث Belarusian: эміса́р Belarusian: эміса́рка Bulgarian: емиса́р Bulgarian: емиса́рка Bulgarian: пра́теник Bulgarian: пра́теница Bulgarian: пра́теничка Chinese Mandarin: 使者 Chinese Mandarin: 伻 Czech: emisar Czech: emisař Danish: udsending Danish: sendebud Dutch: afgezant Egyptian: wp:p-w-t:y-D54-A1 Esperanto: sendito Finnish: lähettiläs French: émissaire German: Emissär German: Emissärin German: Abgesandter Greek: αγγελιοφόρος Greek: απεσταλμένος Japanese: 使者 Korean: 사자 Latin: emissarius Macedonian: пратеник Macedonian: пратеничка Norwegian Bokmål: sendebud Polish: emisariusz Polish: emisariuszka Portuguese: emissário Russian: эмисса́р Russian: посла́нник Russian: посла́нница Slovak: emisár Spanish: emisario Spanish: emisaria Swedish: sändebud Swedish: emissarie Ottoman Turkish: رسول Ukrainian: еміса́р Ukrainian: еміса́рка
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