Both Uses of
envoy
in
A Game of Thrones
- Sometimes they did, when Father had to dine with the king or some lord or the envoys from this place or that place.
p. 217.2 *envoys = representatives sent on missions
- Lord Walder's sons and envoys fell in around her.
p. 644.7envoys = representatives sent on a mission
Definitions:
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(1)
(envoy) a representative sent on a mission -- often representing a government
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Much more rarely, envoy can reference a specific level of minister in the UK or a brief stanza concluding certain forms of poetry.