Definition of envoy Envoy

/ɛˈnvɔj/ - [envoy] - en•voy

We found 15 definitions of envoy from 6 different sources.

What does envoy mean?

Noun Plural: envoys
envoy - a brief stanza concluding certain forms of poetry
		envoi
envoy - a diplomat having less authority than an ambassador
		envoy extraordinary, minister plenipotentiary
envoy - someone sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else
		emissary
		representative a person who represents others

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envoy (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.
envoy (n.)
An explanatory or commendatory postscript to a poem, essay, or book; -- also in the French from, l'envoi.

envoy
A male person that negotiates something as a representative.
envoy
A female person that negotiates something as a representative.
envoy
One who may speak for another in a particular capacity, especially in negotation.

envoy
en′voi, n. a messenger, esp. one sent to transact business with a foreign government: a diplomatic minister of the second order.—n. En′voyship. [For Fr. envoyé—envoyer, to send.]
envoy
Envoi, en′voi, n. the concluding part of a poem or a book: the author's final words, esp. now the short stanza concluding a poem written in certain archaic metrical forms. [O. Fr. envoye—envoiier, to send—en voie, on the way—L. in, on, via, a way.]

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