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ENVOY (Fr. envoye, " sent ")

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Originally appearing in Volume V09, Page 661 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ENVOY (Fr. envoye, " sent ") , a See also:diplomatic See also:agent of the second See also:rank. The word envoye comes first into See also:general use in this connexion in the 17th See also:century, as a See also:translation of the See also:Lat. ablegatus or missus (see See also:DIPLOMACY). Hence the word envoy is commonly used of any one sent on a See also:mission of any sort.

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