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OFFICIAL EMISSARY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does official emissary mean? 

OFFICIAL EMISSARY (noun)
  The noun OFFICIAL EMISSARY has 1 sense:

1. a member of a legationplay

  Familiarity information: OFFICIAL EMISSARY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


OFFICIAL EMISSARY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A member of a legation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

legate; official emissary

Hypernyms ("official emissary" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("official emissary" is a member of...):

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


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