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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 legation
Familiarity information: LEGATE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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