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Meaning of Envoys | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. Envoy.
  2. a short stanza concluding a poem, as a ballade, often containing a dedication or summary, or a similar postscript to a prose work.
  3. A person who carries messages or is sent on errands:bearer, carrier, conveyer, courier, messenger, runner, transporter.
  4. 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
  5. A representative of a government who is sent on a special diplomatic mission.
  6. A minister plenipotentiary assigned to a foreign embassy, ranking next below the ambassador.
  7. A messenger; an agent.
  8. 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.
  9. The concluding portion of a prose work or a play.
  10. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) Formal name: envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary a diplomat of the second class, ranking between an ambassador and a minister resident
  11. an accredited messenger, agent, or representative

Equivalents

العربية المبعوثون
Español enviados

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Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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