envoy extraordinary

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   a diplomat having less authority than an ambassador

   Synonymsenvoyminister plenipotentiary

   Broaderdiplomat

Questions about envoy extraordinary

What does envoy extraordinary mean?

envoy extraordinary means "a diplomat having less authority than an ambassador".

What is another word for envoy extraordinary?

Close synonyms include envoy, minister plenipotentiary. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is envoy extraordinary a common word?

envoy extraordinary is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.