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Synonyms of emissary
1
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
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
Synonyms for emissary
- agent,
- asset,
- intelligencer,
- mole,
- operative,
- spook,
- spy,
- undercover
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The first known use of emissary was in 1607
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