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envoy

noun
/ˈɛn.vɔɪ/US/ˈɛn.vɔɪ/UK

Etymology

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

  1. derived from envoyé — “envoy, messenger”

Definitions

  1. A diplomatic agent of the second rank, next in status after an ambassador.

  2. A representative.

    • special envoy to the United Nations

  3. A diplomat.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. A messenger.

    2. Alternative spelling of envoi (“short stanza at end of poem”).

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