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
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