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Envoy

Envoy Definition And Meaning
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.

Envoy Definition And Meaning

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

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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