Thesaurus: envoy

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1. n. 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. n. An explanatory or commendatory postscript to a poem, essay, or book; -- also in the French from, l'envoi.
3. n. a diplomat having less authority than an ambassador
4. n. someone sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else
5. n. a brief stanza concluding certain forms of poetry
6. 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.] 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.
7. An explanatory or commendatory postscript to a poem, essay, orbook; -- also in the French from, l'envoi.The envoy of a ballad is the "sending" of it forth. Skeat.
8. n:100 n. a diplomat having less authority than an ambassador n. a brief stanza concluding certain forms of poetry