ENVOY

envoy, envoi

(noun) a brief stanza concluding certain forms of poetry

emissary, envoy

(noun) someone sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else

envoy, envoy extraordinary, minister plenipotentiary

(noun) a diplomat having less authority than an ambassador

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

envoy (plural envoys)

(law) a diplomatic agent of the second rank, next in status after an ambassador.

a representative.

a diplomat.

a messenger.

(poetry) Alternative spelling of envoi: a short stanza at the end of a poem

Synonyms

• (diplomatic agent of second rank): envoy extraordinary, minister plenipotentiary

Source: Wiktionary

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En"voy, n. Etym: [F. envoyé 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. Etym: [F. envoi, fr. envoyer to send.]

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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