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a
: a minister plenipotentiary accredited to a foreign government who ranks between an ambassador and a minister resident
called also envoy extraordinary
b
: a person delegated to represent one government in its dealings with another
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Examples of envoy in a Sentence
the president sent the secretary of state as his personal envoy to gain the support of the country's allies
one of the hostage takers was chosen as the group's envoy for all dealings with the authorities
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One person close to Lutnick compared his style to that of Steve Witkoff, Trump’s golf buddy turned special envoy, who has been dispatched to broker an end to the hostilities in Ukraine and Gaza.
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Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 21 July 2025
Three months earlier, six other Americans whom the U.S. government considered wrongfully detained in Venezuela were released after Richard Grenell, Trump's envoy for special missions, met with Maduro at the presidential palace.
—Arkansas Online, 19 July 2025
The killings began just days after Thomas Barrack, President Donald Trump’s special envoy to Syria (and the U.S. ambassador to Turkey) laid out a muscular vision for a centralized Syria.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 18 July 2025
The flow of assistance resumed only after March 11, when envoys from the U.S. and Ukraine held talks in Saudi Arabia.
—Simon Shuster, Time, 17 July 2025
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Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 21 July 2025
Three months earlier, six other Americans whom the U.S. government considered wrongfully detained in Venezuela were released after Richard Grenell, Trump's envoy for special missions, met with Maduro at the presidential palace.
—Arkansas Online, 19 July 2025
The killings began just days after Thomas Barrack, President Donald Trump’s special envoy to Syria (and the U.S. ambassador to Turkey) laid out a muscular vision for a centralized Syria.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 18 July 2025
The flow of assistance resumed only after March 11, when envoys from the U.S. and Ukraine held talks in Saudi Arabia.
—Simon Shuster, Time, 17 July 2025
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“Envoy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/envoy. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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a
: a diplomatic representative who ranks between an ambassador and a minister
b
: a representative sent by one government to another
ambassadors and other envoys
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