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envoy¹ Definition

en·voy (än′vo̵i′, en′-)

noun

  1. a messenger; agent
  2. an agent sent by a government or ruler to transact diplomatic business; specif., a diplomat (envoy extraordinary) ranking just below an ambassador

Etymology: Fr envoyé < pp. of envoyer, to send < OFr envoier < en- (L in), in + voie (L via: see via), way

envoy² Definition

en·voy (än′vo̵i′, en′-)

noun

a postscript to a poem, essay, or book, containing a dedication, climactic summary, explanation, etc.; specif., a short, concluding stanza of this kind added to a ballade and some other verse forms

Etymology: ME envoye < OFr envoy, lit., a sending < envoier: see envoy

envoy Synonyms

envoy

n.

emissary, representative, intermediary, envoy extraordinary; see agent 1, diplomat 1.

envoy Usage Examples

Possessives

un: The UN's envoy has urged Havana to release imprisoned dissidents and to allow freedom of expression.

Converse of object

  • dispatch: Most important of all, we absolutely must forget that President Ronald Reagan dispatched a special envoy to meet Saddam Hussein in December 1983.
  • send: The South Koreans will be sending an envoy in, there have been some Japanese contacts.
  • appoint: Mayor Flynn kicked off, asking Clinton if he would appoint a peace envoy to Northern Ireland.
  • receive: Only one bishop ventured to receive the papal envoy, who sent to Rome a pitiful report of the religious condition of Scotland.
  • have: We have many envoys anxious to spread the message about Scotland.

Preposition: for

Unicef: Andrew O'Hagan is a contributing editor at the London Review and an envoy for Unicef.

Adjective modifier

  • un: Annan still has confidence in UN envoy ordered to leave Sudan.. .
  • presidential: L. Paul Bremer III was appointed presidential envoy in May and, as such, is the senior coalition official in Iraq.
  • diplomatic: The government of France has also sent diplomatic envoys to try to secure the release of the two men.
  • special: He also met Mr Putin's special envoy for Chechnya last year.
  • Russian: The Russian envoy said the results of his meeting with Milosevic would be analyzed in Moscow over the weekend.
  • former: Terry Waite was the former special envoy to the Archbishop of Canterbury.

Noun used with modifier

  • peace: Mayor Flynn kicked off, asking Clinton if he would appoint a peace envoy to Northern Ireland.
  • right: Up pops Anne Clwyd MP, Tony Blair's human rights envoy to Iraq, to tell us that these are minor problems.