Definition of Emissary

1. Noun. Someone sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else.

Exact synonyms: Envoy
Specialized synonyms: Legate, Official Emissary
Generic synonyms: Representative

Definition of Emissary

1. n. An agent employed to advance, in a covert manner, the interests of his employers; one sent out by any power that is at war with another, to create dissatisfaction among the people of the latter.

2. a. Exploring; spying.

Definition of Emissary

1. Noun. An agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else. ¹

2. Noun. (anatomy) A venous channel in the skull. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Emissary

1. a person sent on a mission [n -SARIES]

Medical Definition of Emissary

1. 1. Exploring; spying. 2. Applied to the veins which pass out of the cranium through apertures in its walls. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Emissary

eminently
emiocytosis
emir
emirate
emirates
emirs
emirship
emirships
emisary
emissaries
emissarium
emissarium condyloideum
emissarium mastoideum
emissarium occipitale
emissarium parietale
emissary (current term)
emissary sphenoidal foramen
emissary vein
emissaryship
emissile
emission
emission-computed tomography
emission electron
emission line
emission lines
emission offset
emission spectrum
emission standard
emission theory
emissions

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