envoy.

Definition of envoy. in English English dictionary: {n} a public minister sent to foreign states; An envoy's rank is below that of an ambassador; Also spelled, envoi, the word envoy refers to a postscript added to the end of a prose writing or a short stanza (often of different meter and rhyme) attached to the conclusion of a poem An example appears at the end of Chaucer's "Clerk's Tale "; a brief stanza concluding certain forms of poetry a diplomat having less authority than an ambassador; One dispatched upon an errand or mission; a messenger; esp; representative; A messenger or agent sent to do a certain task; for example, an ambassador; An envoy is a diplomat in an embassy who is immediately below the ambassador in rank. someone who is sent to another country as an official representative = emissary (envoyé, past participle of envoyer ); 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; diplomat; The shorter final stanza of a poem, as in a ballade; An envoy is someone who is sent as a representative from one government or political group to another; An explanatory or commendatory postscript to a poem, essay, or book; also in the French from, l'envoi; a short stanza at the end of a poem; messenger; n messenger, ambassador; a diplomat having less authority than an ambassador; {i} diplomat, messenger, representative; concluding verse of a poem (also envoi); someone sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else; a brief stanza concluding certain forms of poetry; Envoy (by Tumbleweed Software Corporation), like Acrobat, enables the electronic distribution of formatted documents Some people publish Envoy formatted documents to the internet If you want to access these documents from the web, you must download a copy of the Envoy reader software to your desktop machine This allows you to view documents on the internet exactly as they were designed, including any special fonts, graphics, and layouts A plug-in for Envoy documents exists; the brief stanza that ends a poem such as the ballade or the sestina See also tornada