Words Like ENVOY

We have put together a list of words that are similar to ENVOY.

4 Alternative Words Similar to envoy

1 Emissary Noun      Synonym Words Like Emissary
2 Envoi Noun      Synonym Words Like Envoi
4 Legate Noun      Hyponym

10 definitions of envoy

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.
2 An explanatory or commendatory postscript to a poem, essay, or book; -- also in the French from, l'envoi.
3 a diplomat having less authority than an ambassador
4 a brief stanza concluding certain forms of poetry
5 someone sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else
6 A representative of a government who is sent on a special diplomatic mission.
7 A minister plenipotentiary assigned to a foreign embassy, ranking next below the ambassador.
8 A messenger; an agent.
9 A short closing stanza in certain verse forms, such as the ballade or sestina, dedicating the poem to a patron or summarizing its main ideas.
10 The concluding portion of a prose work or a play.
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