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envoy

Definition

  • noun: a person who is sent by one government to represent it in dealing with another government
  • noun: a minister plenipotentiary accredited to a foreign government who ranks between an ambassador and a minister resident
  • synonyms: messenger, diplomatic agent, postscript

Examples

  • diplomatic 'envoys'

  • a special 'envoy'

Movie quotes

  • (..) - does not leave the chamber or stop talking. The galleries are packed. In the diplomatic gallery are the envoys of two dictator powers. They have come to see what they can't see at home: democracy in action. "...the pursuit of happiness. That, to secure these rights, (..)
    1939 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington