envoy (n.)

  1. a diplomat having less authority than an ambassador

    [ Syn: envoy extraordinary , minister plenipotentiary ]

  2. someone sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else

    [ Syn: emissary ]

  3. a brief stanza concluding certain forms of poetry

    [ Syn: envoi ]

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