legate

Questions about legate

What does legate mean?

legate means "a member of a legation".

How many syllables are in legate?

legate has 2 syllables: leg-ate. The stress falls on "leg". In IPA it is /ˈlɛɡət/.

What is another word for legate?

Close synonyms include official emissary. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is legate a common word?

legate is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.