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# emissary

noun (emissaries)

«emissary» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

An emissary is a person sent to carry a message or do an official errand for someone else. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emissary/#m1)

### In the lessons

a messenger sent by a king, or by a fairy or spirit, to carry news

### Examples

- The king sent an emissary to the neighbouring land. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emissary/#x1)
- The fairy's emissary brought a letter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emissary/#x2)
- Fortune's emissary knocked at the door. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emissary/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «emissary» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emissary/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«emissary» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/emissary.html) on Mova free.