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Definition of envoy noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

envoy

noun
 
/ˈenvɔɪ/
 
/ˈenvɔɪ/
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  1. a person who represents a government or an organization and is sent as a representative to talk to other governments and organizations synonym emissary
    • The President has suggested sending a US peace envoy to the Middle East.
    Extra Examples
    • He served as envoy to the French government.
    • The government has not yet appointed an envoy to the area.
    • a special envoy from the American president
    • A UN peace envoy is to be sent to the region as the warring parties hold ceasefire talks.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • personal
    • special
    • senior
    • …
    verb + envoy
    • be
    • serve as
    • appoint (somebody as)
    • …
    preposition
    • envoy from
    • envoy to
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    Word Originmid 17th cent.: from French envoyé, past participle of envoyer ‘send’, from en voie ‘on the way’, based on Latin via ‘way’.
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