envoy

en·voy ¹  (nvoi, n-)

n.

1. A representative of a government who is sent on a special diplomatic mission.

2. A minister plenipotentiary assigned to a foreign embassy, ranking next below the ambassador.

3. A messenger; an agent.

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[French envoyé, messenger, from past participle of envoyer, to send, from Old French envoier, from Late Latin invire, to be on the way : Latin in-, in, on; see en-¹ + Latin via, way; see wegh- in Indo-European roots.]

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en·voy ² also en·voi  (nvoi, n-)

n.

1. A short closing stanza in certain verse forms, such as the ballade or sestina, dedicating the poem to a patron or summarizing its main ideas.

2. The concluding portion of a prose work or a play.

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[Middle English envoie, from Old French, a sending away, conclusion, from envoier, to send; see envoy¹.]

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envoy¹

n

1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) Formal name envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary a diplomat of the second class, ranking between an ambassador and a minister resident

2. an accredited messenger, agent, or representative

[from French envoyé, literally: sent, from envoyer to send, from Vulgar Latin inviāre (unattested) to send on a journey, from in-² + via road]

envoyship  n

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envoy², envoi [ˈɛnvɔɪ]

n

1. (Literature / Poetry) a brief dedicatory or explanatory stanza concluding certain forms of poetry, notably ballades

2. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) a postscript in other forms of verse or prose

[from Old French envoye, from envoyer to send; see envoy¹]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	envoy - a diplomat having less authority than an ambassador envoy extraordinary, minister plenipotentiary diplomat, diplomatist - an official engaged in international negotiations
	2.	envoy - someone sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else emissary legate, official emissary - a member of a legation representative - a person who represents others
	3.	envoy - a brief stanza concluding certain forms of poetry envoi stanza - a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem

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envoy

noun

1. ambassador, minister, diplomat, emissary, legate, plenipotentiary A French envoy arrived in Beirut on Sunday.

2. messenger, agent, deputy, representative, delegate, courier, intermediary, emissary the Secretary General's personal envoy

Translations

envoy [ˈenvɔɪ] N (= messenger) → mensajero/a m/f; (= diplomat) → enviado/a m/f
special envoy → enviado/a m/f especial

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envoy [ˈɛnvɔɪ] n → envoyé(e) m/f

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envoy

n → Bote m, → Botin f; (= diplomat) → Gesandte(r) mf

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envoy [ˈɛnvɔɪ] n (gen) → inviato/a; (diplomat) → ministro plenipotenziario

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envoy [ˈɛnvɔɪ] n (gen) → inviato/a; (diplomat) → ministro plenipotenziario

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envoy

n envoy [ˈenvoi]

a messenger, especially one sent to deal with a foreign government He was sent to France as the king's envoy. gesant مَبْعوث، مَنْدوب، رَسول пратеник vyslanec, -kyně udsending; repræsentant der Gesandte απεσταλμένος enviado, mensajero saadik پیام رسان؛ سفیر viestinviejä envoyé/-ée שָׁלִיח दूत izaslanik, poslanik, glasnik követ utusan erindreki; sendifulltrúi inviato 使節 사절, 외교관 pasiuntinys sūtnis utusan afgezant utsending, sendebud poseł, wysłannik enviado trimis, sol посланник vyslanec, -kyňa odposlanec izaslanik sändebud ทูต temsilci, elçi 外交使節 повноважний представник; консул پیغام رساں phái viên 外交使节