Envoy

Envoy
Envoy En"voy, n. [F. envoy['e] envoy, fr. envoyer to send; pref. en- (L. in) + voie way, L. via: cf. F. envoi an envoy (in sense 2). See {Voyage}, and cf. {Invoice}.] 1. 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. [1913 Webster]

2. [F. envoi, fr. envoyer to send.] An explanatory or commendatory postscript to a poem, essay, or book; -- also in the French from, l'envoi. [1913 Webster]

The envoy of a ballad is the ``sending'' of it forth. --Skeat. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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