envoy

noun

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

1. A diplomatic agent of the second rank, next in status after an ambassador.
2. A representative.

   “special envoy to the United Nations”

   “In the year 1460 the king Tu-ma-pan (Tumapel?)† sent envoys to carry tribute. When these envoys went back, and had arrived at An-ch’ing,‡ they got drunk and had a fight with foreign priests who came to bring tribute, and of whom six were killed.”

3. A diplomat.
4. A messenger.
5. Alternative spelling of envoi (“short stanza at end of poem”).