diplomatic envoys
Official international messengers
Diplomatic envoys are official representatives sent by one government to another.
The term covers ambassadors, ministers, and other officials dispatched to conduct negotiations, deliver messages, or maintain relations between nations: The president received diplomatic envoys from three allied countries.
Envoy suggests a mission or purpose beyond mere presence—someone sent to accomplish something specific.
- attachéEmbassy specialist officer
- ambassadorOfficial foreign representative
- chargé d'affairesActing head of mission
- embassyOfficial diplomatic residence abroad
- foreign serviceOverseas government representation
consul · emissary · negotiation · back channel · peace talks · diplomatic immunity · diplomatic pouch · plenipotentiary · credentials · nuncio · mediation · peace treaties · persona non grata · sovereignty · geopolitics · diplomatic corps · high commissioner · foreign
- messengersmessenger, courier, couriers, herald, heralds
- Civil War Diplomacydiplomatic recognition, diplomatic missions, mediation efforts, King Cotton, Jefferson Davis
- notablesleaders, celebrities, dignitary, rulers, VIPs
- Korean Nobilitynoble families, nobles, kings, queens, princes
- Taisho diplomacyLansing, treaty negotiations
diplomatic envoysspies
Secret intelligence gatherers
secret agents · undercover agents · moles · infiltrators · saboteurs
diplomatic envoyswarmongers
Advocates for military action
aggressors · belligerents · armed forces · soldiers · combatants
diplomatic envoysterrorists
Those using violence politically
insurgents · guerrilla fighters · mercenaries · rogue agents · non-state actors