Legate

n.	1.	An ambassador or envoy.
	2.	An ecclesiastic representing the pope and invested with the authority of the Holy See.
	3.	(Rom. Hist.) An official assistant given to a general or to the governor of a province.

Noun

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legate - a member of a legation Synonyms: official emissary

ambassador, ambassadress, apostolic delegate, attache, career diplomat, chancellor, charge, commercial attache, commissar, commissary, commissionaire, commissioner, consul, consul general, consular agent, delegate, diplomat, diplomatic, diplomatic agent, diplomatist, emissary, envoy extraordinary, foreign service officer, herald, internuncio, messenger, military attache, minister, minister plenipotentiary, minister resident, nuncio, plenipotentiary, resident, secretary, secretary of legation, vice-consul, vice-legate