emissary
noun
, -ˌse-rē\
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agent, ambassador, delegate, envoy, legate, minister, representative
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The decision means Manchin, one of the few bipartisan power brokers left in the sharply divided Senate, will remain in Washington as a potential emissary between the two parties on tricky issues including gun control and other domestic issues. — Ed O'keefe, CBS News, "Senator Joe Manchin announces that he will not run for governor of West Virginia," 3 Sep. 2019 Barcelona are struggling to put together an attractive offer for PSG, while Real are believed to have opened communications by sending an emissary to Paris. — SI.com, "7 Deals That Could Happen Before the End of the European Transfer Window," 28 Aug. 2019 One of the men was Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, the other was an emissary from the White House. — John Kass, chicagotribune.com, "Column: In her book on Justice Brett Kavanaugh, ‘Justice on Trial,’ Mollie Hemingway warns of things to come," 8 Aug. 2019 In 1950, Rabbi Schneerson sent emissaries to Morocco, establishing the first of what are now 3,500 Chabad institutions around the world. — Peter Rowe, San Diego Union-Tribune, "Poway’s Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein: a brush with death leads to a new life," 7 July 2019 In 2016, guards working for the Jewish Community of Lithuania ejected the Chabad emissary to that country, Rabbi Sholom Ber Krinsky, and his followers from one synagogue. — Cnaan Liphshiz, sun-sentinel.com, "Clash between Jews in Krakow highlights growing acceptance of Chabad in Europe," 3 July 2019 And the Trump team’s best relations in the world are with the Arab actors sending emissaries to the Bahrain conference (plus Israel). — Ian Bremmer, Time, "The Quick Read About… Jared Kushner’s Bahrain Workshop," 28 June 2019 San Antonio students lucky enough to be visiting other countries this summer may not see themselves as emissaries. — Elaine Ayala, ExpressNews.com, "Trip overseas helps widen teens' world," 18 June 2019 Finally in 1836, the U.S. Congress dispatched an emissary to London to bring back the money. — Michael Waters, Smithsonian, "Mr. Smithson’s Family Goes to Washington," 14 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'emissary.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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