emissaries

noun

plural of emissary
1
as in ambassadors
a person sent on a mission to represent another most of the industrialized nations of the world sent emissaries to the conference on global warming

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2
as in spies
a person who tries secretly to obtain information for one country in the territory of another usually unfriendly country the embassy's staff likely contains at least one emissary who reports to the home country's chief of intelligence

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Recent Examples of emissaries See pictures from the funeral below, along with a list of the foreign emissaries who attended. — Stefania Conrieri, Vanity Fair, 9 Sep. 2026 According to the news release, the school is also expanding its participation in the Shinshinim program—two new young emissaries from Israel will join the school for a year before their army service. — Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Aug. 2026 Sick of It All were NYHC’s most welcoming emissaries, and their mouthpiece was Lou Koller, whose death was announced Friday. — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 25 July 2026 The president’s top-two emissaries also happen to be the highest-profile potential candidates to succeed him. — Vivian Salama, The Atlantic, 27 June 2026 In 2021, Biden emissaries turned to the Roman Catholic Church for help, former Biden-era officials told USA TODAY. — Rick Jervis, USA Today, 13 May 2026 Expect emissaries from the ever-changing world of media. — Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 10 Apr. 2026 The overconfidence of the pro-Trump push in country music pre- and postelection is backfiring on many of its most enthusiastic emissaries. — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2026 The ruling marks a notable victory for emissaries of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement, who have often been met with legal challenges when establishing centers. — Grace Gilson, Sun Sentinel, 7 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for emissaries
  1. ambassadors
  2. spies
  3. envoys
  4. operatives
  5. representatives
  6. agents
  7. delegates
  8. ministers
Noun
  • In response, the ambassadors of France and Spain made public statements emphasizing the importance of a credible electoral process and the need for Haiti’s next president to have integrity.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Labor of Love The LVMH Virtuosos form a community, acting as ambassadors for their respective maisons, participating in specialized development masterclasses and taking an active role in mentoring.
    — Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of ambassadors
Noun
  • The federal indictment identifies instructions directing undercover Cuban spies not to fly with Brothers to the Rescue around the time of the attack.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2026
  • The Houthis had also been forcibly recruiting large numbers of children and Ethiopian migrants, using them as human shields, spies and for dangerous mine-planting.
    — Harriet Marsden, TheWeek, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of spies
Noun
  • Meanwhile, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters that Moscow hopes a meeting in Russia between the envoys and Russian President Vladimir Putin can be organized soon, perhaps as early as Wednesday.
    — Hanna Arhirova, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The Republican president's special envoys such as Steve Witkoff, Jared Kushner and Tom Barrack have taken the lead on those matters.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of envoys
Noun
  • The operatives were also directed to obtain information about the Brothers to the Rescue aircraft and upcoming flights.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Kenney said the movement also became more professional, building organizations, raising money and drawing in political operatives with campaign and fundraising experience.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of operatives
Noun
  • Jong-kyu Hwang, Hanwha Power’s Vice President of Technology Solutions, attended alongside senior ABS representatives.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Its sales representatives are individually building personal Gmail scripts, at night, in Google Apps Script, to survive an inbox that the AI-first version of the same company would have automated a year ago.
    — Stephen Messer, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of representatives
Noun
  • For all its tests, the company builds realistic simulated environments, red teams these environments itself and with third parties to see whether they can be escaped, and monitors what agents do.
    — Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026
  • In a video of the incident posted to social media, a black SUV was seen driving down the residential street before appearing to strike an observer as other observers blew whistles in warning of approaching agents.
    — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of agents
Noun
  • Late last month, roughly 100 dockworker delegates from four countries rallied outside DP World’s Centerm terminal at the Port of Vancouver, following an international anti-automation summit that included Montreal’s own CUPE Local 375.
    — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The French gêne par procuration delegates discomfort, while the German Fremdschämen means foreign shame.
    — Eugenie Brinkema, ARTnews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of delegates
Noun
  • The initiative is also part of a cooperation Program for the cinema and audiovisual sectors signed in June 2026 by Italian and French cultural ministers, and with an expert group meeting for the first time at the MIA conference.
    — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 19 Oct. 2026
  • With tensions rising between Israel’s far-right ministers and Hamas, the arrangement had run its course, Qatar believed.
    — Eric Cortellessa, Time, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of ministers

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