Word Meanings - EMISSARY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

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

Additional info about word: EMISSARY

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.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of EMISSARY)

• Messenger
• Courier
• carrier
• emissary
• harbinger
• herald
• forerunner
• Spy
• Emissary
• detective
• scout

Related words: (words related to EMISSARY)

• HARBINGER
  provides lodging, fr. herbergier to provide lodging, F. héberger, OF. 1. One who provides lodgings; especially, the officer of the English royal household who formerly preceded the court when traveling, to provide and prepare lodgings. Fuller.
• HERALD
  An officer whose business was to denounce or proclaim war, to challenge to battle, to proclaim peace, and to bear messages from the commander of an army. He was invested with a sacred and inviolable character. 2. In the Middle Ages, the officer
• HERALDRY
  The art or office of a herald; the art, practice, or science of recording genealogies, and blazoning arms or ensigns armorial; also, of marshaling cavalcades, processions, and public ceremonies.
• MESSENGER
  A hawser passed round the capstan, and having its two ends lashed together to form an endless rope or chain; -- formerly used for heaving in the cable. (more info) 1. One who bears a message; the bearer of a verbal or written communication, notice,
• HERALDICALLY
  In an heraldic manner; according to the rules of heraldry.
• HERALDIC
  Of or pertaining to heralds or heraldry; as, heraldic blazoning; heraldic language. T. Warton.
• COURIER
  1. A messenger sent with haste to convey letters or dispatches, usually on public busuness. The wary Bassa . . . by speedy couriers, advertised Solyman of the enemy's purpose. Knolles. 2. An attendant on travelers, whose business it is to make
• SCOUT
  A swift sailing boat. So we took a scout, very much pleased with the manner and conversation of the passengers. Pepys.
• EMISSARYSHIP
  The office of an emissary.
• HERALDSHIP
  The office of a herald. Selden.
• CARRIER
  That which drives or carries; as: A piece which communicates to an object in a lathe the motion of the face plate; a lathe dog. A spool holder or bobbin holder in a braiding machine. A movable piece in magazine guns which transfers the cartridge
• EMISSARY
  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
• FORERUNNER
  A piece of rag terminating the log line. (more info) 1. A messenger sent before to give notice of the approach of others; a harbinger; a sign foreshowing something; a prognostic; as, the forerunner of a fever. Whither the forerunner in
• DETECTIVE
  Fitted for, or skilled in, detecting; employed in detecting crime or criminals; as, a detective officer.
• VANT-COURIER
  An avant-courier. See Van-courier. Holland.
• ESCOUT
  See HAYWARD
• BOY SCOUT
  Orig., a member of the "Boy Scouts," an organization of boys founded in 1908, by Sir R. S. S. Baden-Powell, to promote good citizenship by creating in them a spirit of civic duty and of usefulness to others, by stimulating their interest
• VAN-COURIER
  One sent in advance; an avant-courier; a precursor.
• COHERALD
  A joint herald.
• VAUNT-COURIER
  See SHAK
• TRACKSCOUT
  See TRACKSCHUYT
• AVANT-COURIER
  A person dispatched before another person or company, to give notice of his or their approach.