envoys
Official foreign messengers
Envoys are official representatives sent on diplomatic missions, typically to deliver messages or negotiate on behalf of a government or organization.
The term suggests a formal emissary with specific duties rather than a permanent ambassador: The president dispatched envoys to negotiate a ceasefire.
Envoys may also represent non-governmental entities in formal contexts.
Official diplomatic representatives
- emissariesOfficial representatives sent abroad
- representativesThose acting for others
- diplomatsForeign government representatives
- consulsDiplomatic officials abroad
attachés · legates · ministers · commissioners · liaisons · deputies · proxies · intermediaries
Professional delivery personnel
- heraldsMessengers who announce
- bearersThose who carry things
- runnersThose who race on foot
- dispatchersThose who send out
carriers · emissaries · harbingers · scouts · forerunners · go-betweens · intermediaries · precursors
Binding pact between nations
- talksSpeaks with others
- summitPeak or diplomatic gathering
- conferenceOrganized meeting for discussion
- mediationIntervention to resolve conflict
arbitration · dialogue · parley · accord · pact · backchannel · bilateral · multilateral
Send with speed
- communiquéOfficial governmental announcement
- memorandumFormal internal correspondence
- cableHeavy-duty woven line
- messageTransmitted communication
briefing · correspondence · diplomatic pouch · demarche · proclamation · statement · transmission · notification
ambassadors
Official diplomatic representatives
- emissariesOfficial representatives sent abroad
- representativesThose acting for others
- diplomatsForeign government representatives
consuls · attachés · legates · ministers · commissioners · liaisons · deputies · proxies · intermediaries · agents
couriers
Professional delivery personnel
dispatchers · carriers · emissaries · harbingers · scouts · forerunners · go-betweens · intermediaries · precursors · ushers
treaty
Binding pact between nations
- talksSpeaks with others
- summitPeak or diplomatic gathering
- conferenceOrganized meeting for discussion
mediation · arbitration · dialogue · parley · accord · pact · backchannel · bilateral · multilateral · roundtable
dispatch
Send with speed
- communiquéOfficial governmental announcement
- memorandumFormal internal correspondence
- cableHeavy-duty woven line
message · briefing · correspondence · diplomatic pouch · demarche · proclamation · statement · transmission · notification · report
- international lawinternational law, treaty, treaties, conventions, protocols
- messengersmessenger, courier, couriers, herald, heralds
- diplomacyembassy, ambassador, ambassadors, treaty, treaties
- international relationsbilateral talks, foreign affairs, UN, global politics, sanctions
- 19th Century Diplomacyambassador, ambassadors, Congress of Vienna, Concert of Europe, balance of power
- ancient diplomacyambassadors, emissaries, peace treaties, alliances, treaty negotiations
envoysreceivers
Those who accept transmissions
hosts · recipients · isolationists · addressees · audiences
envoysspies
Secret intelligence gatherers
secret agents · moles · infiltrators · undercover agents · saboteurs
envoysinvaders
Those who enter by force
aggressors · conquerors · attackers · raiders · war parties
- special envoyAppointed representative for specific mission
- peace envoyDiplomatic negotiator dispatched abroad
- diplomatic envoyOfficial foreign representative
- foreign envoysOfficial representatives from abroad