legate

noun

ˈle-gət How to pronounce legate (audio)
Definition of legatenext
as in ambassador
a person sent on a mission to represent another the legate was charged with a list of objectives to accomplish on behalf of his country

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Recent Examples of legate However, papal legates—diplomatic representatives—continue their external functions. — Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Apr. 2025 In the 1520s Thomas Wolsey, Cardinal legate of England, drove forward a similar program of moral and financial reform, winding up a further 29 monasteries. — Crawford Gribben, WSJ, 29 Apr. 2022 The Franciscan Plano Carpini, who traveled the empire as papal legate in 1246, described a draconian tax collector demanding one in three boys from every Russian family, as well as unmarried women. — Colin Thubron, The New York Review of Books, 6 July 2021 The wife of the ailing emperor sends an Imperial legate — her nephew — to investigate. — N. K. Jemisin, New York Times, 14 July 2017 That Francis forced Festing’s resignation without deigning to pick up Burke’s gauntlet was further vindication of the Pope, who will soon appoint his own legate to run the Order. — James Carroll, The New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for legate
  1. ambassador
  2. delegate
  3. envoy
  4. representative
  5. minister
Noun
  • Lubelo has also persuaded several friends to join the school, becoming something of an ambassador in a community where magic is often frowned upon and associated with witchcraft.
    — Julie Bourdin, NPR, 25 Oct. 2026
  • The president leads the armed forces and can veto legislation, signs international treaties and appoints ambassadors.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of ambassador
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  • Each participant will get a tailored calendar of pre-booked meetings with teams from the JAFF Future Project selection, rights holders from JAFF IP Connection, exhibitors and other delegates.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Late last month, roughly 100 dockworker delegates from four countries rallied outside DP World’s Centerm terminal at the Port of Vancouver, following an international anti-automation summit that included Montreal’s own CUPE Local 375.
    — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of delegate
Noun
  • Reached Monday, Zampolli, who stepped down from his post as a special envoy to the president last week, denied he was involved with Epstein or Epstein’s recruitment of models.
    — Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Less than two decades later, the bond was tested by a scandal known as the XYZ Affair, in which France’s foreign minister, Talleyrand, demanded bribes from American envoys to Paris.
    — Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of envoy
Noun
  • Bezos hasn’t publicly confirmed the deal, and representatives for Bezos didn’t immediately respond to Fortune’s request for comment.
    — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Delja Hancock, a motor vehicle representative for the DMV, joined the strike at its headquarters.
    — Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of representative
Noun
  • Their representatives spoke after meeting with Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu earlier Monday, before the ministers’ news conference.
    — Thomas Adamson, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026
  • He was reelected four years later and was succeeded by one of his cabinet ministers, Dilma Rousseff, in 2010.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of minister

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