English-Thai Dictionary

emissary

N นักการทูต  ทูต  ตัว แทนที่ ส่งออก ไป ปฏิบัติภารกิจ  consul envoy representative nak-kan-tud

 

emissary

N สายลับ  secret agent spy sai-lab

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

EMISSARY

n.[L. emissarius, from emitto; e and mitto, to send. ] A person sent on a mission; a missionary employed to preach and propagate the gospel.
If one of the four gospels be genuine, we have, in that one, strong reason to believe, that we posses the accounts which the original emissaries of the religion delivered.
[This sense is now unusual. ]
2. A person sent on a private message or business; a secret agent, employed to sound or ascertain the opinions of others, and to spread reports or propagate opinions favorable to his employer, or designed to defeat the measures or schemes of his opposers or foes; a spy; but an emissary may differ from a spy. A spy in war is one who enters an enemy's camp or territories to learn the condition of the enemy; an emissary may be a secret agent employed not only to detect the schemes of an opposing party, but to influence their councils. A spy in war must be concealed, or he suffers death; an emissary may in some cases be known as the agent of an adversary, without incurring similar hazard.
3. That which sends out or emits. [Not used. ]
Emissary vessels, in anatomy, the same as excretory.

 

EMISSARY

a.Exploring; spying.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

EMISSARY

Em "is *sa *ry, n.; pl. Emissaries. Etym: [L. emissarius, fr. emittere,emissum, to send out: cf. F. émissaire. See Emit. ]

 

Defn: An agent employed to advance, in a covert manner, the interests of his employers; one sent out by any power that is at war with another, to create dissatisfaction among the people of the latter. Buzzing emissaries fill the ears Of listening crowds with jealousies and fears. Dryden.

 

Syn. -- Emissary, Spy. A spy is one who enters an enemy's camp or territories to learn the condition of the enemy; an emissary may be a secret agent appointed not only to detect the schemes of an opposing party, but to influence their councils. A spy must be concealed, or he suffers death; an emissary may in some cases be known as the agent of an adversary without incurring similar hazard.

 

EMISSARY

EMISSARY Em "is *sa *ry, a.

 

1. Exploring; spying. B. Jonson.

 

2. (Anat. )

 

Defn: Applied to the veins which pass out of the cranium through apertures in its walls.

 

EMISSARYSHIP

EMISSARYSHIP Em "is *sa *ry *ship `, n.

 

Defn: The office of an emissary.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

emissary

em is sar y |ˈeməˌserē ˈɛməˌsɛri | ▶noun ( pl. emissaries ) a person sent on a special mission, usually as a diplomatic representative. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Latin emissarius ‘scout, spy, ’ from emittere ‘send out ’ (see emit ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

emissary

emissary |ˈɛmɪs (ə )ri | ▶noun ( pl. emissaries ) a person sent as a diplomatic representative on a special mission. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Latin emissarius ‘scout, spy ’, from emittere ‘send out ’ (see emit ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

emissary

emissary noun the president sent emissaries to several African countries: envoy, ambassador, delegate, attaché, consul, plenipotentiary; agent, representative, deputy; messenger, courier; nuncio.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

emissary

emissary noun he sent an emissary to Constantinople for bilateral talks: envoy, ambassador, diplomat, delegate, attaché, legate, consul, plenipotentiary, minister; agent, representative, deputy, factor, proxy, surrogate, liaison, messenger, courier, herald; informal go-between; Roman Catholic Church nuncio.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

emissary

em is sar y /éməsèri |émɪs (ə )ri /名詞 複 -ies C ｟かたく ｠ «…への » (政府派遣などの )使者, 代表 «to » ; スパイ .