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LEGATE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A member of a legation

Synonyms:

legate; official emissary

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("legate" is a kind of...):

emissary; envoy (someone sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else)

Holonyms ("legate" is a member of...):

foreign mission; legation (a permanent diplomatic mission headed by a minister)

Derivation:

legateship (the post or office of legate)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Present simple (first person singular and plural, second person singular and plural, third person plural) of the verb legate

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