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What does emissary mean?

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Noun
  1. An agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else.
  2. (anatomy) A venous channel in the skull.
  3. An underground channel by which the water of a lake escapes.
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In its place, he sent his emissary to negotiate a plan for greater autonomy.
Blair becomes one of Wendi's first official social conquests, in her developing role both as Murdoch social emissary and social power player.
Lucy reseated herself, motioning for the emissary to take a seat on the upper deck, so as to better see what was going on.
Now He would reclaim it through a son an emissary, the Father's vanguard, teacher, and deliverer.
She expressed her hope that her gifted nephew would be an emissary of civilization to the wild colonies.
His status was important enough that he was even sent as an emissary to France to find a suitable mid-wife for the queen.

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