a diplomat having less authority than an ambassador
source: WordNet 3.0
someone sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else
source: WordNet 3.0
a brief stanza concluding certain forms of poetry
source: WordNet 3.0
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 foreign sovereign or government; a minister accredited to a foreign government. An envoy's rank is below that of an ambassador.