Envoy

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1. Noun

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.

2. Noun

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

3. Noun

a brief stanza concluding certain forms of poetry
Vocabulary classified under Literature and rhetoric

4. Noun

a diplomat having less authority than an ambassador
Vocabulary classified under Politics and government
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