noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A diplomatic agent of the second rank, next in status after an ambassador.
2. 2
   a brief stanza concluding certain forms of poetry wordnet
3. 3
   A representative.

   "special envoy to the United Nations"

4. 4
   someone sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else wordnet
5. 5
   A diplomat.

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6. 6
   a diplomat having less authority than an ambassador wordnet
7. 7
   A messenger.
8. 8
   Alternative spelling of envoi (“short stanza at end of poem”). alt-of, alternative

Synonyms

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emissaryambassadordelegateenvoy extraordinaryenvoy extraordinarymessenger

Example

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"The envoy was recalled when diplomatic relations were broken."

Etymology

From French envoyé (“envoy, messenger”), from envoyer (“send”).

Related phrases

e-envoy

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