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Date: 1600-1700
Language: French
Origin: envoyé, past participle of envoyer 'to send'

envoy

 noun
     
en‧voy [countable]
someone who is sent to another country as an official representative [= emissary]:
The United Nations is sending a special envoy to the area.
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