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Meanings of envoy in English

Portuguese
emissário
Catalan
enviat

A male person that negotiates something as a representative.

emissário
Catalan
ministre plenipotenciari
Spanish
ministro plenipotenciario

A diplomat having less authority than an ambassador.

ministre plenipotenciari
Spanish
despedida

A brief stanza concluding certain forms of poetry.

despedida
Russian
посланник
Spanish
enviado extraordinario y ministro plenipotenciario

Diplomatic rank, head of a legation.

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Usage of envoy in English
1
Mr Mulvaney is now working as US special envoy to Northern Ireland.
BBC
2
Mr Bloomberg is the UN special envoy for cities and climate change.
Radio NZ
3
The bomb at the Iranian envoy's house may just be the beginning.
Reuters
4
U.N. Yemen envoy Martin Griffiths said he was concerned by the developments.
Reuters
5
Obama's Middle East envoy George Mitchell is working to salvage the process.
Reuters
6
It has sent a special envoy to Kabul to try to help.
Reuters
7
Another envoy said the discussions had been focused and the atmosphere positive.
Reuters
8
The U.N.'s Yemen envoy called for a transparent investigation into the incident.
Reuters
9
U.N. special envoy Richard Holbrooke said before the conference in The Hague.
Reuters
10
On Monday, NATO ambassadors met Georgian presidential envoy David Bakradze in Brussels.
Reuters
11
U.S. envoy Richard Holbrooke urged caution, saying the early results were misleading.
Reuters
12
US Deputy Secretary of State meets Indian PM's special envoy in Frankfurt.
The Irish Times
13
The envoy replied that this would be tearing the commonwealth in pieces.
History of the United Netherlands from the Death of William the ...
14
Please, I'm not her envoy-I'mnot involved with her in any way.
The book of murder
15
It has sent a senior envoy to Baghdad to support repatriation efforts.
Reuters
16
Bettik will not be my envoy to Hyperion.' Not in that sense.
The Hyperion Cantos
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Envoy through the time
Envoy across language varieties
Ireland
Common
New Zealand
Common
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