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** English
*** Etymology
From [en], from [en].
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Noun
[wikipedia] [en-noun]
1. An agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else.
2. * {{ quote-book
|en |year=1958 |author=Conrad Brandt |chapter=A Defeat out of Victory and a
Devil out of the Machine |title=Stalin's Failure in China, 1924–1927
|url=https://archive.org/details/stalinsfailurein0000bran/ |issue=31
|location=Cambridge, Mass. |publisher=Russian Research Center, [Harvard
University Press] |LCCN=58-12963 |OCLC=386102 |page=143
|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/stalinsfailurein0000bran/page/143/
|text=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.}}
1. Such an agent spreading a gospel .
1. [en] A venous channel in the skull .
2. An underground channel by which the water of a lake escape s.
**** Hyponyms
- [agent] [en] [divine, obsolete]
**** Derived terms
{{col|en|emissarial|emissaryship |emissary vein}}
**** Related terms
{{col|en |emission |emit |missionary }}
**** Translations
[an agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else]
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[a venous channel in the skull]
- Greek: [el]
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