Definition of Envoy

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Definition of Envoy

Envoy

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.

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

Related Definitions:

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Envoy Translations

envoy in Danish is bud
envoy in Dutch is afgezant, bode, gezant
envoy in German is Gesandte
envoy in Latin is orator
envoy in Norwegian is utsending
envoy in Spanish is enviar

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