Look up: envoy

1. envoy
   the final section of a troubadour poem which sends the song out into the world. Poetically it often involves a shift of character; it may address the messanger or the audience instead of the loved one of previous sections, for instance. The envoy is a partial stanza and is sung to the last line(s) o...
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2. envoy
   [n] - a diplomat having less authority than an ambassador 2. [n] - a brief stanza concluding certain forms of poetry
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3. Envoy
   En'voy noun [ French envoyé envoy, from envoyer to send; prefix en- (L. in ) + voie way, Latin via : confer French envoi an envoy (in sense 2). See Voyage , and confer Invoice .] 1....
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4. envoy
   envoi noun a brief stanza concluding certain forms of poetry
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5. envoy
   envoy extraordinary noun a diplomat having less authority than an ambassador
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6. Envoy
   • (n.) An explanatory or commendatory postscript to a poem, essay, or book; -- also in the French from, l`envoi. • (n.) One dispatched upon an errand or mission; a messenger; esp., a person deputed by a sovereign or a government to negotiate a treaty, or transact other business, with a for...
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7. envoy
   (from the article `diplomacy`) ...(i.e., backed by the threat to apply punitive measures or to use force) but is overtly nonviolent. Its primary tools are international dialogue ... Because heralds were inviolable, they were the favoured channels of contact in wartime. They preceded envoys to arrange for safe passage. Whereas ... The...
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8. envoy
   the brief stanza that ends a poem such as the ballade or the sestina. See also tornada.
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9. envoy
   
   • 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
   
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10. envoy
    envoy: see diplomatic service.
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11. Envoy
    An envoy is a person deputed by a ruler or government to negotiate a treaty, or transact other business, with a foreign ruler or government An envoy is a diplomatic agent ranking next after an ambassador, the difference being that an envoy is sent on a special occasion or for one particular purpose....
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12. Envoy
    (programming, operating system) A variable that is bound in the current environment. When evaluating an expression in some environment, the evaluation of a variable consists of looking up its name in the environment and substituting its value. Most programming languages have some concept of an envi...
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13. Envoy
    (WordPerfect) In computing, `Envoy` was a proprietary portable document file format marketed by WordPerfect Corporation, created as a competitor for Acrobat Pro. It was introduced by Tumbleweed Communications Corporation in 1993 and shipped with WordPerfect Office in March 1994. An Envoy file...
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14. Envoy
    (Wild Cards) `The Envoy` (David Harstein) is a fictional character from the Wild Cards anthology series and a member of The Four Aces, first appearing in the story "Witness" by Walter Jon Williams in the first book of the series, Wild Cards. Character background: David Harsti...
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