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# envoy

noun (an envoy, envoys)

«envoy» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. An envoy is a person sent by a government or a ruler to take a message to another country or to talk for them. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/envoy/#m1)
2. A special envoy is someone sent to deal with one problem, such as peace talks. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/envoy/#m2)

### In the lessons

In history and news lessons envoys carry messages between kings, presidents or the United Nations to make deals or stop wars. In stories an envoy brings news from a far kingdom. Phrases: «special envoy», «peace envoy», «UN envoy».

### Examples

- The king sent an envoy to the queen of the next kingdom. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/envoy/#x1)
- A UN envoy is trying to arrange peace talks. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/envoy/#x2)
- The envoy brought a letter from the emperor. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/envoy/#x3)
- The president's special envoy visited the region. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/envoy/#x4)
- Envoys travelled for weeks on horseback in the old days. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/envoy/#x5)
- The envoy was treated as an honoured guest. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/envoy/#x6)
- Should you send an envoy to the island he will take ten years to get there and ten more to return—twenty years in all. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/envoy/#x7)

### Note

Countable: an envoy, envoys (y → s, because there is a vowel before the y). Pronounced «EN-voy». Similar: ambassador, diplomat, messenger. An ambassador lives in the other country; an envoy is often sent for a particular job.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «envoy» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/envoy/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«envoy» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/envoy.html) on Mova free.