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Envoy

//ˈɛn.vɔɪ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A diplomatic agent of the second rank, next in status after an ambassador.
  2. 2
    a brief stanza concluding certain forms of poetry wordnet
  3. 3
    A representative.

    "special envoy to the United Nations"

  4. 4
    someone sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else wordnet
  5. 5
    A diplomat.
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  1. 6
    a diplomat having less authority than an ambassador wordnet
  2. 7
    A messenger.
  3. 8
    Alternative spelling of envoi (“short stanza at end of poem”). alt-of, alternative

Etymology

From French envoyé (“envoy, messenger”), from envoyer (“send”).

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