Found 3 items, similar to Envoy.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: envoy
caraka, peduta
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: envoy
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]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Envoy
Envoy
\En"voy\, n. [F. envoy['e] envoy, fr. envoyer to send;
pref. en- (L. in) + voie way, L. via: cf. F. envoi an envoy
(in sense 2). See
Voyage, and cf.
Invoice.]
1. 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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2. [F. envoi, fr. envoyer to send.] An explanatory or
commendatory postscript to a poem, essay, or book; -- also
in the French from, l'envoi.
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The envoy of a ballad is the
“sending” of it
forth. --Skeat.
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