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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 legation
Familiarity information: OFFICIAL EMISSARY 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 ("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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