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Envoy
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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(Fr. envoye, " sent"), a diplomatic agent of the second rank. The word envoye comes first into general use in this connexion in the 17th century, as a translation of the Lat. ablegatus or missus (see Diplomacy). Hence the word envoy is commonly used of any one sent on a mission of any sort.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Envoy'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/e/envoy.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Envoy'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/e/envoy.html. 1910.
