noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a peace envoy (= a government representative )
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The EU is sending a special peace envoy to the area.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
special
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At last we knew what had happened to the Archbishop's special envoy .
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The only slightly sour note entered the proceedings with the president's plan to send a special envoy to Northern Ireland.
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A special envoy will be sent to us from Anacreon.
■ NOUN
peace
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On Bill Clinton's proposal to send a peace envoy to Ireland, senior sources are more cautious.
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During the campaign he suggested appointing a peace envoy to the troubled province an idea that angered and appalled the government.
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Mr Clinton has also threatened to intervene in Northern Ireland by sending a peace envoy .
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President Clinton made an election pledge to send a peace envoy there.
■ VERB
send
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In June 1177 he sent envoys to Paris bearing demands which were clearly intended to bring matters to a head.
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On Bill Clinton's proposal to send a peace envoy to Ireland, senior sources are more cautious.
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Zhang Qian then sent out other envoys to the neighbouring states and the Wusun provided them with guides and interpreters.
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Lord Hastings determined to send an envoy to Ibrahim to propose an alliance, together with Muscat, to destroy the Qawasim pirates.
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Mr Clinton has also threatened to intervene in Northern Ireland by sending a peace envoy .
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The only slightly sour note entered the proceedings with the president's plan to send a special envoy to Northern Ireland.
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President Clinton made an election pledge to send a peace envoy there.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
envoy/ambassador/minister extraordinary
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He was an Ambassador Extraordinary Plenipotentiaryfor all mankind.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A special envoy was sent to Manila to try and secure the release of the hostages.
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Iran agreed to send an envoy to the United Nations for talks on ending the war.
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The President met yesterday with an envoy from Pakistan.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Charles opted, realistically, for negotiation, and sent envoys to offer a meeting at Bourges in July.
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Confrontation with the two envoys is very eye-opening.
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He also stressed that an envoy should not supplant any talks process.
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He met their envoys at Bourges.
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The King still rules here and I am his envoy .