OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 33479

envoy

/ˈɛn.vɔɪ/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
enviado
A representative.
In the year 1460 the king Tu-ma-pan (Tumapel?)† sent envoys to carry tribute. When these envoys went back, and had arrived at An-ch’ing,‡ they got drunk and had a fight with foreig…
special envoy to the United Nations
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