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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun 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.
- noun The concluding portion of a prose work or a play.
- noun A representative of a government who is sent on a special diplomatic mission.
- noun A minister plenipotentiary assigned to a foreign embassy, ranking next below the ambassador.
- noun A messenger; an agent.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Middle English envoie, from Old French, a sending away, conclusion, from envoier, to send; see envoy.]
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[French envoyé, messenger, from past participle of envoyer, to send, from Old French envoier, from Late Latin inviāre, to be on the way : Latin in-, in, on; see en– + Latin via, way; see wegh- in Indo-European roots.]
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