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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
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diplomatic
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agent of the second
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rank . The word envoye comes first into
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general use in this connexion in the 17th
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century, as a
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translation of the
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Lat. ablegatus or missus (see
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DIPLOMACY) . Hence the word
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envoy is commonly used of any one sent on a
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mission of any sort .

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