- a representative sent on a mission or errand: emissaries to negotiate a peace.
- an agent sent on a mission of a secret nature, as a spy.
- sending or coming out, as certain veins that pass through the skull and connect the venous sinuses inside with the veins outside.
- pertaining to an emissary.
- sent forth, as on a mission.
- an agent or messenger sent on a mission, esp one who represents a government or head of state
- (as modifier)
- an agent sent on a secret mission, as a spy
- (of veins) draining blood from sinuses in the dura mater to veins outside the skull
