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LEGATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does legate mean? 

LEGATE (noun)
  The noun LEGATE has 1 sense:

1. a member of a legationplay

  Familiarity information: LEGATE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LEGATE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A member of a legation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

legate; official emissary

Hypernyms ("legate" is a kind of...):

emissary; envoy (someone sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else)

Holonyms ("legate" is a member of...):

foreign mission; legation (a permanent diplomatic mission headed by a minister)

Derivation:

legateship (the post or office of legate)


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