envoy
Substantivin Dialogen belegt
- Vereinigtes Königreich//ˈɛn.vɔɪ//
- Vereinigte Staaten//ˈɛn.vɔɪ//
- Vereinigte Staaten//ˈɑn.vɔɪ//
A diplomatic agent of the second rank, next in status after an ambassador.
Substantiv
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A diplomatic agent of the second rank, next in status after an ambassador.
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A representative.
special envoy to the United Nations
In the year 1460 the king Tu-ma-pan (Tumapel?)† sent envoys to carry tribute. When these envoys went back, and had arrived at An-ch’ing,‡ they got drunk and had a fight with foreign priests who came to bring tribute, and of whom six were killed.
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A diplomat.
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A messenger.
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Variante von envoiAlternative spelling of envoi (“short stanza at end of poem”).
Herkunft
From French envoyé (“envoy, messenger”), from envoyer (“send”).
Formen
- Plural
- envoys
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envoy · A diplomatic agent of the second rank, next in status after an ambassador.
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