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as in ambassador
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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as in spy
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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One day, emissaries of Kagame came to Rusesabagina’s cell.
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Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 29 July 2024
Maura Healey, the governor of Massachusetts, was there, as was the Secretary of Transportation, Pete Buttigieg; Jennifer Coolidge, Adrienne Warren, and Billy Porter served as pop-culture emissaries.
—Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 23 July 2024
Vance eventually became an emissary between the media and those in the Rust Belt during the 2016 election, discussing the issues important to those who had a similar background to him.
—Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 15 July 2024
Chinese emissaries made the connection between foreign opprobrium and their own diplomatic tactics explicit.
—Tyler Jost, Foreign Affairs, 27 June 2024
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Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 29 July 2024
Maura Healey, the governor of Massachusetts, was there, as was the Secretary of Transportation, Pete Buttigieg; Jennifer Coolidge, Adrienne Warren, and Billy Porter served as pop-culture emissaries.
—Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 23 July 2024
Vance eventually became an emissary between the media and those in the Rust Belt during the 2016 election, discussing the issues important to those who had a similar background to him.
—Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 15 July 2024
Chinese emissaries made the connection between foreign opprobrium and their own diplomatic tactics explicit.
—Tyler Jost, Foreign Affairs, 27 June 2024
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“Emissary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emissary. Accessed 20 Sep. 2024.
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