envoy
nounUS /ˈɛn.vɔɪ/ · UK /ˈɛn.vɔɪ/
Etymology From French envoyé (“envoy, messenger”), from envoyer (“send”).
1
Law A diplomatic agent of the second rank, next in status after an ambassador.
2
A representative.
- special envoy to the United Nations
- In the year 1460 the king Tu-ma-pan (Tumapel?)† sent envoys to carry tribute. When these envoys went back, and had arrived at An-ch’ing,‡ they got drunk and had a fight with foreign priests who came to bring tribute, and of whom six were killed.1887, W. P. Groeneveldt, “Notes on the Malay Archipelago and Malacca”, in Miscellaneous Papers Relating to Indo-China and the Indian Archipelago, volume I, London: Trübner & Co., →OCLC, page 165:
3
A diplomat.
4
A messenger.
5
Communications, Journalism, Literature, Media, Poetry, Publishing, Writing Alternative Alternative spelling of envoi (“short stanza at end of poem”).
- Synonyms
- envoy extraordinary, minister plenipotentiary