envoy
nounattested in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ˈɛn.vɔɪ//
- United States//ˈɛn.vɔɪ//
- United States//ˈɑn.vɔɪ//
A diplomatic agent of the second rank, next in status after an ambassador.
noun
- 1
A diplomatic agent of the second rank, next in status after an ambassador.
- 2
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.
- 3
A diplomat.
- 4
A messenger.
- 5
Variant of envoiAlternative spelling of envoi (“short stanza at end of poem”).
Etymology
From French envoyé (“envoy, messenger”), from envoyer (“send”).
Forms
- plural
- envoys
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