envoy
1a diplomatic agent.
any accredited messenger or representative.
Also called envoy extraordinary, minister plenipotentiary. a diplomatic agent of the second rank, next in status after an ambassador.
Origin of envoy
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or en·voi
a short stanza concluding a poem in certain archaic metrical forms, as a ballade, and serving as a dedication, or a similar postscript to a prose composition.
Origin of envoy
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How to use envoy in a sentence
Eisenhower sent James Richards, special envoy to the Middle East, to sell his doctrine around the region, but Richards had little success.
Afghanistan’s collapse exposes the truth about U.S. military invasions in the region | Suzanne Enzerink | August 25, 2021 | Washington PostNext, she torched an envoy from her would-be future husband.
He also assumed the role of special envoy to Saudi Arabia, and some experts I spoke to, citing Jordanian sources, said he is also a special adviser to Salman.
He's named former secretary of state John Kerry as international climate envoy and former EPA administrator Gina McCarthy as national climate adviser.
He vows to reappoint a special envoy to advance international LGBTQ rights, form a coalition of countries to advance international LGBTQ rights and guide the GLOBE Act into passage, as the Blade reported.
Egypt expelled the Turkish ambassador last year, prompting Ankara to declare the Egyptian envoy in Turkey persona non grata.
Turkey Takes in ‘Terrorists’ from the Muslim Brotherhood | Thomas Seibert | September 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTA Russian envoy reportedly played a role persuading the rebels in Slovyansk to let them go.
Carnage in Ukraine: Dozens of Pro-Russia Activists Die in Odessa | Jamie Dettmer | May 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd, oh, by the way, they only speak to the dealer, United Nations envoy Lakhdar Brahimi, not to each other.
Israel then drove his red GMC envoy onto the Bear Mountain Bridge, a large span across the Hudson River.
First Rule of the Fake Dead Bankers Club: Stay Gone | Daniel Gross | January 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTU.S. special envoy Donald Booth visited the detainees and found their condition to be good.
Preventing South Sudan’s Civil War | John Prendergast, Akshaya Kumar | December 24, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTEnglish influence was all-powerful at Lisbon and the new envoy had not the talent to counteract it.
Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-PattisonHe was in the habit of visiting or writing to them; and here the elders sent to him, if they happened to have a trustworthy envoy.
Skipper Worse | Alexander Lange KiellandHe was at the time envoy to Spain, and the deed was perpetrated by six exiled royalists there.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellAnd thirdly, Fortune cannot well have the 'envoy' unless she has the stanza preceding it.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems | Geoffrey ChaucerThe envoy no sooner opened his case and made known his message, than Thurlow cut short all further argument.
A Cursory History of Swearing | Julian Sharman
British Dictionary definitions for envoy (1 of 2)
/ (ˈɛnvɔɪ) /
Formal name: envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary a diplomat of the second class, ranking between an ambassador and a minister resident
an accredited messenger, agent, or representative
Origin of envoy
1Derived forms of envoy
- envoyship, noun
British Dictionary definitions for envoy (2 of 2)
envoi
/ (ˈɛnvɔɪ) /
a brief dedicatory or explanatory stanza concluding certain forms of poetry, notably ballades
a postscript in other forms of verse or prose
Origin of envoy
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