emissary

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

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

   The small group around Ch’en Tu-hsiu that had remained at headquarters hastily sent an emissary—Chang Kuo-t’ao—to Nanch’ang. Though Chang set out immediately, he did not reach Nanch’ang until July 31, the day before the rising.

From French émissaire, from Latin emissarius (“agent, scout, spy”).

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