emissary
noun /ˈemɪsəri/
/ˈemɪseri/
(plural emissaries)
(formal)- a person who is sent to deliver an official message, especially from one country to another, or to perform a special task
synonym envoy特使;密使 - the King’s special emissary
国王的特使
词源early 17th cent.: from Latin emissarius ‘scout, spy’, from emittere ‘send out’, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out of’ + mittere ‘send’. - the King’s special emissary