envoy
About 1.64 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun A diplomatic agent of the second rank, next in status after an ambassador.
- noun A representative.
special envoy to the United Nations
- noun A diplomat.
- noun A messenger.
- 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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