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Envoy
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What's The Definition Of Envoy?
[n] a brief stanza concluding certain forms of poetry
[n] someone sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else [n] a diplomat having less authority than an ambassador Synonyms | Synonyms for Envoy: emissary | envoi | envoy extraordinary | minister plenipotentiary Related Terms | Find terms related to Envoy: agent | ambassador | ambassadress | apostolic delegate | attache | bearer | career diplomat | carrier | chancellor | charge | commercial attache | commissar | commissary | commissionaire | commissioner | consul | consul general | consular agent | councillor | courier | delegate | diplomat | diplomatic | diplomatic agent | diplomatist | emissary | envoy extraordinary | foreign service officer | herald | internuncio | legate | messenger | military attache | minister | minister plenipotentiary | minister resident | nuncio | plenipotentiary | representative | resident | secretary | secretary of legation | vice-consul | vice-legate See Also | diplomat | diplomatist | legate | official emissary | representative | stanza Envoy In Webster's Dictionary \En"voy\, n. [F. envoy['e] envoy, fr. envoyer to send;
pref. en- (L. in) + voie way, L. via: cf. F. envoi an envoy
(in sense 2). See {Voyage}, and cf. {Invoice}.]
1. One dispatched upon an errand or mission; a messenger;
esp., a person deputed by a sovereign or a government to
negotiate a treaty, or transact other business, with a
foreign sovereign or government; a minister accredited to
a foreign government. An envoy's rank is below that of an
ambassador.
2. [F. envoi, fr. envoyer to send.] An explanatory or
commendatory postscript to a poem, essay, or book; -- also
in the French from, l'envoi.
The envoy of a ballad is the ``sending'' of it
forth. --Skeat.
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