envoy

Plural: envoys

Noun

• A messenger or representative, especially in diplomacy.
• a diplomat having less authority than an ambassador
• someone sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else
• a brief stanza concluding certain forms of poetry
• A diplomatic agent of the second rank, next in status after an ambassador.
• A representative.
• A diplomat.
• A messenger.
• Alternative spelling of envoi (“short stanza at end of poem”).

Examples

• special envoy to the United Nations
• The ’S’ tile acted as an envoy, allowing her to pluralize an existing word for extra points.

Synonyms

emissary, envoi, envoy extraordinary, minister plenipotentiary