envoy extra-ordinary
vɔɪ, ˈɑn- noun
1.
a diplomatic agent.
2.
any accredited messenger or representative.
3.
Also called envoy extraordinary, minister plenipotentiary. a diplomatic agent of the second rank, next in status after an ambassador.
Origin:
1635–45; < French envoyé envoy, noun use of past participle of envoyer to send < Vulgar Latin *inviāre, presumably orig. to be on a journey, verbal derivative of Latin in viā on one's way, en route
1635–45; < French envoyé envoy, noun use of past participle of envoyer to send < Vulgar Latin *inviāre, presumably orig. to be on a journey, verbal derivative of Latin in viā on one's way, en route
Synonyms
1, 2. delegate, emissary, deputy.
1, 2. delegate, emissary, deputy.
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| —n | |
| 1. | Formal name: envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary a diplomat of the second class, ranking between an ambassador and a minister resident |
| 2. | an accredited messenger, agent, or representative |
| [C17: from French envoyé, literally: sent, from envoyer to send, from Vulgar Latin inviāre (unattested) to send on a journey, from | |
| 'envoyship1 | |
| —n | |
| envoy or envoi2 (ˈɛnvɔɪ) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a brief dedicatory or explanatory stanza concluding certain forms of poetry, notably ballades |
| 2. | a postscript in other forms of verse or prose |
| [C14: from Old French envoye, from envoyer to send; see | |
| envoi or envoi2 | |
| —n | |
| [C14: from Old French envoye, from envoyer to send; see | |
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Word Origin & History
envoy
c.1660, from Fr. envoyé "messenger," lit. "one sent," n. use of pp. of envoyer "send," from V.L. *inviare "send on one's way," from L. in "on" + via "road." The same word was borrowed in M.E. to mean "a stanza of a poem sending it off to find readers" (late 14c.).
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