Envoy — may refer to:*an Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary *a Special Envoy *a diplomat in general *Envoy (WordPerfect), a document reader and document file format *GMC Envoy, a make of automobile * The Envoy , a 1982 album by Warren Zevon … Wikipedia
Envoy — En voy, n. [F. envoy[ e] envoy, fr. envoyer to send; pref. en (L. in) + voie way, L. via: cf. F. envoi an envoy (in sense 2). See {Voyage}, and cf. {Invoice}.] 1. One dispatched upon an errand or mission; a messenger; esp., a person deputed by a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
envoy — Envoy. s. m. Action par laquelle on envoye. Il se dit particulierement des marchandises. Cette marchandise est de bon debit, on en a déja fait deux envois à ... par l envoy d un tel jour on dit avoir receu, &c. Envoy, dans certains ouvrages de… … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
envoy — envoy1 [än′voi΄, en′voi] n. [Fr envoyé < pp. of envoyer, to send < OFr envoier < en (L in), in + voie (L via: see VIA), way] 1. a messenger; agent 2. an agent sent by a government or ruler to transact diplomatic business; specif., a… … English World dictionary
envoy — ► NOUN 1) a messenger or representative, especially one on a diplomatic mission. 2) (also envoy extraordinary) a minister plenipotentiary, ranking below ambassador and above chargé d affaires. ORIGIN from French envoyé sent … English terms dictionary
envoy — index agent, conduit (intermediary), deputy, factor (commission merchant), informant, informer (a person who provides information) … Law dictionary
envoy — messenger, 1660s, from Fr. envoyé messenger, lit. one sent (12c.), noun use of pp. of envoyer send, from V.L. *inviare send on one s way, from L. in on + via road (see VIA (Cf. via) (adv.)). The same French word was borrowed in M.E. to me … Etymology dictionary
envoy — *ambassador, legate, minister, nuncio, internuncio, chargé d affaires … New Dictionary of Synonyms
envoy — [n] deputy agent, ambassador, attaché, bearer, carrier, chargé d’affaires, consul, courier, delegate, diplomat, emissary, intermediary, internuncio, legate, medium, messenger, minister, nuncio, plenipotentiary, representative, vicar; concepts 348 … New thesaurus
envoy — Envoy, Ablegatio, Missio, Dimissio, Amandatio … Thresor de la langue françoyse
envoy — n. 1) to dispatch an envoy 2) a personal envoy 3) an envoy extraordinary 4) an envoy to (our envoy to Paris) * * * [ envɔɪ] a personal envoy an envoy extraordinary to dispatch an envoy an envoy to (our envoy to Paris) … Combinatory dictionary
