Meaning of Envoys | Babel Free
Definitions
- Envoy.
- a short stanza concluding a poem, as a ballade, often containing a dedication or summary, or a similar postscript to a prose work.
- A person who carries messages or is sent on errands:bearer, carrier, conveyer, courier, messenger, runner, transporter.
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a messenger, especially one sent to deal with a foreign government. He was sent to France as the king's envoy. gesant مَبْعوث، مَنْدوب، رَسول пратеник enviado vyslanec, -kyně der Gesandte udsending; repræsentant απεσταλμένοςenviado, mensajero saadik پیام رسان؛ سفیر viestinviejä envoyé/-ée שליח दूत izaslanik, poslanik, glasnik követ utusan erindreki; sendifulltrúi inviato 使節 사절, 외교관 pasiuntinys sūtnis utusan afgezantutsending, sendebudposeł, wysłannik پيغام رسونكى enviado trimis, sol посланник... especially
- A representative of a government who is sent on a special diplomatic mission.
- A minister plenipotentiary assigned to a foreign embassy, ranking next below the ambassador.
- A messenger; an agent.
- A short closing stanza in certain verse forms, such as the ballade or sestina, dedicating the poem to a patron or summarizing its main ideas.
- The concluding portion of a prose work or a play.
- (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) Formal name: envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary a diplomat of the second class, ranking between an ambassador and a minister resident
- an accredited messenger, agent, or representative
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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