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From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishenvoyen‧voy /ˈenvɔɪ/ くろまるしろまるしろまる noun [countable] REPRESENTsomeone who is sent to another country as an official representative SYN emissary The United Nations is sending a special envoy to the area.Examples from the CorpusenvoyHe also stressed that an envoy should not supplant any talks process.The King still rules here and I am his envoy.Charles opted, realistically, for negotiation, and sent envoys to offer a meeting at Bourges in July.He met their envoys at Bourges.Confrontation with the two envoys is very eye-opening.Origin envoy (1600-1700) French envoyé, past participle of envoyer "to send"
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