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Noun: envoy  'en,voy or 'aan,voy [N. Amer], 'en,voy [Brit]
  1. A diplomat having less authority than an ambassador
    - envoy extraordinary, minister plenipotentiary
     
  2. Someone sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else
    - emissary
     
  3. A brief stanza concluding certain forms of poetry
    - envoi

Sounds like: envo

Derived forms: envoys

Type of: diplomat, diplomatist, representative, stanza

Encyclopedia: Envoy, A Review of Literature and Art