Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - envoy
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(envoys) 1. An envoy is someone who is sent as a representative from one government or political group to another. N-COUNT: with supp 2. An envoy is a diplomat in an embassy who is immediately below the ambassador in rank. N-COUNT ENVY (envies, envying, envied) 1. Envy is the feeling you have when you wish you could have the same thing or quality that someone else has. Gradually he began to acknowledge his feelings of envy towards his mother... They gazed in a mixture of envy and admiration at the beauty of the statue. N-UNCOUNT 2. If you envy someone, you wish that you had the same things or qualities that they have. I don’t envy the young ones who’ve become TV superstars and know no other world... He envied Caroline her peace... VERB: V n, V n n 3. If a thing or quality is the envy of someone, they wish very much that they could have or achieve it. ...an economic expansion that was the envy of many other states. N-SING: the N of n 4. green with envy: see green ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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noun Etymology: French ~e, from past participle of ~er to send, from Old French enveier Date: 1635 1. a. a minister plenipotentiary accredited to a foreign government who ranks between an ambassador and a minister resident — called also ~ extraordinary b. a person delegated to represent one government in its dealings with another 2. messenger, representative ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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1. n. 1 a messenger or representative, esp. on a diplomatic mission. 2 (in full envoy extraordinary) a minister plenipotentiary, ranking below ambassador and above charg{eacute} d'affaires. Derivatives envoyship n. Etymology: F envoy{eacute}, past part. of envoyer send f. en voie on the way f. L via 2. n. (also envoi) 1 a short stanza concluding a ballade etc. 2 archaic an author's concluding words. Etymology: ME f. OF envoi f. envoyer (as ENVOY(1)) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. посланник envoy extraordinary adn minister plenipotentiary —- чрезвычайный посланник и полномочный министр 2. (главный) дипломатический представитель (посол, посланник) temporary envoy —- временный представитель 3. посланец envoys of good will —- посланцы доброй воли 4. представитель, уполномоченный, доверенное лицо 5. заключающая строфа стихотворения 6. редк. заключительная часть прозаического произведения, содержащая посвящение или обращение к читателю ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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I noun 1) посланник; посланец, эмиссар 2) агент, доверенное лицо Syn: see ambassador II noun заключительная строфа поэмы ...Англо-русский словарь
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- 1660, from Fr. envoyй "one sent," n. use of pp. of envoyer "send," from V.L. *inviare "send on one's way," from L. in "on" + via "road." The same word was borrowed in M.E. to mean "a stanza of a poem sending it off to find readers." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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