EGAVE

envoy

About 1.64 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A diplomatic agent of the second rank, next in status after an ambassador.
  2. noun A representative.
    special envoy to the United Nations
  3. noun A diplomat.
  4. noun A messenger.
  5. noun Alternative spelling of envoi (“short stanza at end of poem”).

Similar words

emissary envoi envoy extraordinary minister plenipotentiary ambassador diplomat delegate ombudsman mediator coordinator

Often followed by

to of extraordinary in from at was and had

Word family

envoy extraordinary envoys

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