envoy

Meanings

Plural: envoys

Noun

• a diplomat having less authority than an ambassador
• someone sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else
• a brief stanza concluding certain forms of poetry
• A diplomatic agent of the second rank, next in status after an ambassador.
• A representative.
• A diplomat.
• A messenger.
• Alternative spelling of envoi (“short stanza at end of poem”).

Synonyms

emissary, envoi, envoy extraordinary, minister plenipotentiary