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
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
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