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envoy
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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.

[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.]

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.

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

envoy
Noun
1. a messenger or representative
2. a diplomat ranking next below an ambassador [French envoyer to send]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.envoyenvoy - a diplomat having less authority than an ambassador
diplomat, diplomatist - an official engaged in international negotiations
2.envoyenvoy - someone sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else
legate, official emissary - a member of a legation
representative - a person who represents others
3.envoy - a brief stanza concluding certain forms of poetry
stanza - a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem

envoy
Translations
envoy [ˈɛnvɔɪ] nenviado/a

envoy [ˈɛnvɔɪ] nenvoyé(e) (= diplomat); ministre m plénipotentiaire

envoy [ˈɛnvɔɪ] nGesandte(r) f(m)

envoy [ˈɛnvɔɪ] ninviato/a

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 lähettiläs envoyé/-ée שָׁלִיח दूत izaslanik, poslanik, glasnik követ utusan erindreki; sendifulltrúi inviato 使節 사절 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 使


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