envoy
noun /ˈenvɔɪ/
/ˈenvɔɪ/
- 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
- …
- be
- serve as
- appoint (somebody as)
- …
- envoy from
- envoy to
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from French envoyé, past participle of envoyer ‘send’, from en voie ‘on the way’, based on Latin via ‘way’.