emissaries

noun

Definition of emissariesnext
plural of emissary
1
as in ambassadors
a person sent on a mission to represent another most of the industrialized nations of the world sent emissaries to the conference on global warming

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2
as in spies
a person who tries secretly to obtain information for one country in the territory of another usually unfriendly country the embassy's staff likely contains at least one emissary who reports to the home country's chief of intelligence

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  1. ambassadors
  2. envoys
  3. representatives
  4. agents
  5. ministers
Noun
  • Our ambassadors represent our school at events and also lead tours of our building to prospective students and families as well as visitors and business partners.
    Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal, 20 Dec. 2024
  • In addition, Kendra Scott uses campus ambassadors (called Gems) to increase brand awareness.
    Erin Jensen, USA TODAY, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of ambassadors
Noun
  • His skill as a mediator made Carter a ready choice for future presidents seeking envoys to navigate crises.
    Scott Kraft, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2024
  • Decrees announcing dismissals and new appointments of Kyiv's envoys were issued on the president's website on Saturday.
    Gord Magill, Newsweek, 21 Dec. 2024
Definition of envoys
Noun
  • In the words of an AI proponent, the way for customer service representatives, and others doing similar jobs, to keep their positions is to become highly effective operators.
    Roger Trapp, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
  • The ongoing Starbucks union workers' strike has now expanded to a dozen states, union representatives confirmed to USA TODAY on Monday.
    Natalie Neysa Alund, The Courier-Journal, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of representatives
Noun
  • No one included on the conference planning emails has registered as foreign agents with the Department of Justice, as is required by federal law for anyone involved in political advocacy or public relations work in the United States on behalf of a foreign government, with a few narrow exceptions.
    Sarah Blaskey, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
  • The researchers created novel, realistic, challenging, and unconventional machine learning tasks to compare human experts and AI agents.
    Garrison Lovely, TIME, 8 Jan. 2025
Definition of agents
Noun
  • Other ministers told their flocks that God was present even in painful, traumatic moments.
    Natalie Eilbert, Journal Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024
  • According to the Universal Life Church's database, there are a plethora of Hollywood stars who are ministers, including Adele, Benedict Cumberbatch, Cardi B, Kathy Griffin, Whoopi Goldberg, Dwayne Johnson and Tom Hanks.
    Gil Macias, People.com, 23 Dec. 2024
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