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Definition of Emissary

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

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

Literary usage of Emissary

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. English Synonymes Explained in Alphabetical Order: With Copious by George Crabb (1881)
"Although the offices of emissary and spy are neither of them honorable, ... The emissary is generally employed by those who have some illegitimate object to ..."

2. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1901)
"With them the anterior spinal veins communicate. emissary Veins.—The emissary veins are vessels which pass through apertures ..."

3. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical: Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1897)
"emissary Veins.—The emissary veins are vessels which pass through apertures Faix cerebri Optic ... The principal emissary veins are the following : 1. ..."

4. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"(4) An inconstant condyloid emissary vein passes through the condyloid canal ... (7) The emissary vein of the foramen of Vesalius connects the same parts. ..."

5. Synonyms Discriminated: A Complete Catalogue of Synonymous Words in the by Charles John Smith (1871)
"A certain degree of intelligence and responsibility are associated with the emissary, who is more fully acknowledged by those who depute him ; while spies ..."

6. Life in the Forests of the Far East by Spenser St. John (1862)
"... of the Insurrection—An emissary from the Tien Ti Secret Society— Reported Encouragement given by the Sultan of Sambas— Sambas Nobles speak Chinese—Their ..."

7. The Political Writings of Thomas Paine: To which is Prefixed a Brief Sketch by Thomas Paine (1870)
"... ON THE emissary CULLEN. IT appears by a paragraph in the Public Advertiser, hat Cullen, alias Carpenter, or whatever his name is, ..."

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