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Definition of Emissaries
1. emissary [n] - See also: emissary
Lexicographical Neighbors of Emissaries
Literary usage of Emissaries
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Peru by William Hickling Prescott (1900)
"the latter part of May, the three emissaries returned from Cuzco. ... Though they
had remained more than a week in this place, the emissaries had not seen ..."
2. History of the Church of England: From the Abolition of the Roman Jurisdiction by Richard Watson Dixon (1902)
"The emissaries, it appears, went to him after first visiting Beza: who heard them
... If any other emissaries think of coming hither, they may stay away; ..."
3. The American Revolution by John Fiske (1896)
"At this moment it was discovered that two emissaries from Sir Henry ... T , . ..
,, emissaries The quickness with which the demands of these men were ..."
4. History of the Rise and Fall of the Slave Power in America by Henry Wilson (1877)
"Fomented by Rebel emissaries. — Union successes and growing confidence. — General
Grant. ... Rebel emissaries and plans. — Burning Northern cities. ..."
5. The Church History of Britain, from the Birth of Jesus Christ Until the Year by Thomas Fuller, James Nichols (1842)
"THE SECOND SORT OF INSINUATING emissaries. 1, 2. ... factions were found, and
parties did appear therein, these emissaries made an advantageous use thereof. ..."
6. History of the Discovery and Settlement of the Valley of the Mississippi: By by John Wesley Monette (1848)
"British emissaries among the Florida Indians.—Jackson advances to Mobile. ...
The Creeks instigated by British emissaries to reject the Treaty of Fort ..."
7. History of the Conquest of Peru: With a Preliminary View of the Civilization by William Hickling Prescott (1858)
"Though they had remained more than a week in this place, the emissaries had not
seen the whole of it. The great temple of the Sun they found literally ..."
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