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envoy

en·voy

UK/ˈɛn.vɔɪ/ US/ˈɛn.vɔɪ/ uncommon

noun

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someone sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else

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3.

a brief stanza concluding certain forms of poetry

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From French envoyé (“envoy, messenger”), from envoyer (“send”).

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