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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 ")

ENVOY (Fr. envoye, " sent ") , a See also:

DIPLOMATIC

diplomatic See also:

AGENT (from Lat. agere, to act)

agent of the second See also:

RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank . The word envoye comes first into See also:

general use in this connexion in the 17th See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, as a See also:

TRANSLATION

translation of the See also:

LAT

Lat. ablegatus or missus (see See also:

DIPLOMACY (Fr. diplomatic)

DIPLOMACY) . Hence the word See also:

ENVOY (Fr. envoye, " sent ")

envoy is commonly used of any one sent on a See also:

MISSION

mission of any sort .

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