01 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 tran…
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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.
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An explanatory or commendatory postscript to a poem, essay, or book; -- also in the French from, l'envoi.“The envoy of a ballad is the “sending” of it forth.” — Skeat.