| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | en·voy |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   n voi ,  n- |
| NOUN: | 1. A representative of a government who is sent on a special diplomatic mission. 2. A minister plenipotentiary assigned to a foreign embassy, ranking next below the ambassador. 3. A messenger; an agent. | | ETYMOLOGY: | French envoyé, messenger, from past participle of envoyer, to send, from Old French envoier, from Late Latin invi re, to be on the way : Latin in-, in, on; see en–1 + Latin via, way; see wegh- in Appendix I.
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