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Definitions: Envoy |
EnvoyNoun1. A diplomat having less authority than an ambassador. 2. Someone sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else. 3. A brief stanza concluding certain forms of poetry. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "envoy" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
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Computing | Envoy Motorola's integrated personal wireless communicator. Envoy is a personal digital assistant which incorporates two-way wireless and wireline communication. It was announced on 7 March 1994 and released in the third quarter of 1994. It runs Genral Magic's Magic Cap operating system and Telescript(TM) communications language on Motorola's Dragon chip set. This includes the highly integrated Motorola 68349 processor and a special purpose application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) referred to as Astro. This chip set was designed specifically for Magic Cap and Telescript. A user can write on the Envoy communicator with the accompanying stylus or a finger, to type and select or move objects on its screen. An on-screen keyboard can be used to input information, draw or write personal notations, or send handwritten messages and faxes. Envoy can send a wireless message to another Envoy, PC or fax; broadcast a message to a group, with each member of that group receiving the message in their preferred format; gather information based on your requirements; schedule a meeting and automatically invite attendees; screen, route and organise messages; send a business card to another Envoy across a conference room table; access real-time scheduling and pricing information for US airline flights, then order tickets via fax or electronic mail; keep track of contacts through an address book; receive daily news summaries and stock information; capture, organize and review business and personal expenses on-the-go; gather, edit and analyze information in spreadsheets and graphs compatible with Lotus 1-2-3 and Excel; shop in an electronic mall. (http://www.motorola.com/MIMS/WDG/Technology/Envoy/) [Was it released in Q3 '94?] (1995-01-18). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing. |
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Synonyms: EnvoySynonyms: emissary (n), envoi (n), envoy extraordinary (n), minister plenipotentiary (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Consignee | Agent, delegate; commissary, commissioner; emissary, envoy, commissionaire; messenger. |
Messenger | Noun: messenger, envoy, emissary, legate; nuncio, internuncio; ambassador; (diplomatist). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Envoy |
| English words defined with "envoy": ballade ♦ envoy extraordinary, Envoyship. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "envoy": Introduce ♦ Motorola, Inc. ♦ Present. (references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | Oriental Envoy (1966) The Envoy Extraordinary (1914) | |
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 | French envoy leads Joan of Arc exercises at Washington.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Envoy, formerly Meridian Mansions, 2400 16th St. Couple at table on balcony at Meridian Mansions II.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Yemen | Various attempts, including by a UN special envoy, were unsuccessful to effect a cease-fire. (references) |
Sudan | In September 2001, former Senator John Danforth was designated Presidential Envoy for Peace in the Sudan. (references) | |
Mozambique | In late 1983, a new U.S. ambassador arrived in Maputo and the first Mozambican envoy to the United States arrived in Washington, signaling a thaw in the bilateral relationship. (references) | |
Human Rights | Russia | He appointed the presidential envoy for the southern federal region, Viktor Kazantsev, an army general who had served in Chechnya, as a point of contact. (references) |
Russia | The Presidential Envoy to the Southern Russia federal district initially confirmed that the bodies had been found; however, later during the investigation he claimed that there were no bodies found. (references) | |
Political Economy | Western Sahara | In March 1997, U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan appointed former U.S. Secretary of State James Baker as his personal envoy to examine possible approaches for a peaceful settlement. (references) |
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George Washington | 1789-1797 | The latest advices from our envoy at the Court of Madrid give, moreover, the pleasing information that he had assurances of a speedy and satisfactory conclusion of his negotiation. |
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| "Envoy" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.03% of the time. "Envoy" is used about 309 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.03% | 306 | 16,534 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.97% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 309 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name |
| Canada | Envoy Communications Group Inc. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "envoy": envoy extraordinary ♦ piece envoy ♦ presidential envoy ♦ special envoy ♦ truce envoy. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "envoy": Sandringham-envoy. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
gmc envoy | 975 | gmc envoy part | 12 |
envoy | 492 | envoy club | 12 |
gmc envoy xl | 37 | envoy gmc problem | 11 |
2003 gmc envoy | 37 | envoy suv | 11 |
envoy md web | 37 | 2000 gmc envoy | 10 |
2002 gmc envoy | 34 | 2002 envoy | 10 |
gmc envoy accessory | 27 | 2004 envoy | 10 |
envoy magazine | 27 | gmac envoy | 9 |
envoy xuv | 27 | envoy gmc.com | 9 |
2004 gmc envoy | 27 | gmc envoy picture | 8 |
gm envoy | 23 | 1998 gmc envoy | 8 |
chevy envoy | 21 | envoy neic | 7 |
gmc envoy review | 21 | gmc envoy grill | 6 |
envoy gmc xuv | 20 | envoy worldwide | 6 |
envoy gmc recall | 20 | digital envoy | 6 |
envoy accessory | 16 | used envoy | 6 |
envoy xl | 16 | envoy recall | 6 |
2003 envoy | 15 | data envoy | 5 |
chevrolet envoy | 13 | custom envoy gmc | 5 |
used gmc envoy | 13 | encore envoy magazine | 5 |
2003 envoy gmc review | 5 | ||
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "envoy"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | lajmëtar (announcer, bode, forerunner, harbinger, Herald, informer, messenger), i dërguar (commissary, delegate, emissary, legate, remittent). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مفوض دبلوماسيي, ممثل دولة, مندوب (delegate, deputy, representative), موفد (delegate), مبعوث فوق العادة, مبعوث (delegate, emissary, messenger). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | заключителна строфа, пратеник (ambassador, delegate, emissary, messenger), дипломатически представител (resident). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 使节, 使者 (emissary), 使節 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | vyslanec (legate, minister), povìřenec, posel (bearer, courier, harbinger, Herald, messenger, runner). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | bud (ambassador, emissary, messenger, tender). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | gezant (ambassador, Counsellor, emissary, messenger), bode (ambassador, courier, emissary, messenger), afgezant (ambassador, emissary, messenger). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | sendito (ambassador, emissary, messenger). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | فرستاده(envoi=), مامورسیاسی , مامور (Agent, Officer), نماینده (Agent, Delegate, Deputation, Deputy, Doer, Exponent, Indicator, Proxy, Representation, Representative, Symptomatic), ایلچی (Ambassador, Embassador), شعرختامی . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | lähettiläs (ambassador). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | envoyé. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frisian | seinboade (ambassador, emissary, messenger). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | gesandte (legate), bote (ambassador, carrier, courier, delivery boy, emissary, errand boy, harbinger, Herald, legman, messenger, paperboy, runner, summoner). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | πρέσβυσ, φθόνοσ (jaundice), απεσταλμένοσ (delegate, emissary, messenger, missive). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | משולח (abandoned, delegate, emmisary, missionary), ש'ריר (ambassador, emissary, plenipotentiary). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | küldött (deputy, emissary, sent), követ (emissary, follow, legate, mercury, minister, pursue, to attend, to follow, to follow suit, to pursue, to track, track). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | peduta (emissary), caraka (emissary, messenger). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | ministro plenipotenziario, inviato (correspondent, messenger), delegato (delegate, deputy, empowered person, person empowered, representative, substitute). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 遣"使 , 使者 (emissary, messenger), 使臣 , 使節 (delegate, embassy, mission), 国使 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ししゃ (branch office, casualty, deceased, emissary, messenger, preview, private showing, test firing), しし" (compass needle, guideline, poetic inspiration, pointer, private message, selfish motive, selfishness, visual examination), しせつ (delegate, embassy, engineer, establishment, facility, institution, mission, personal opinion, private, the teacher's theory), "くし (abuse, beauty spot, dark mole, distinguished citizen, face mole, history of a nation, Japanese history, mite, overuse of a pitcher, patriot, provincial governor), け"とうし. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | chaghter (commissionaire, delegate, dispatch rider, emissary, go-between, herald). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | utsending (delegate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | envoyay enviado (sent), emissário (emissary), embaixador (ambassador, legate), visionar. (various references) trimis (apostle, delegate, officer), sol (ambassador, earth, ground, Herald, land, Mold, mould, officer, so, soil, Sol), reprezentant (agent, ambassador, assignee, attorney, deputy, exponent, official, rep, representative, shop steward, spokesman), observator (columnist, correspondent, looker, lookout, observatory, observer, onlooker, scout, spectator, spy). (various references) посланник (messenger, missionary, vakeel, vakil). (various references) izaslanik (deputy, emissary, legate, messenger). (various references) embajador (ambassador, emissary, messenger). (various references) sändebud (ambassador, emissary, messenger). (various references) ส่วนสุ"ท้ายของหนังสือ, ทูต (diplomatist). (various references) elçi (ambassador, delegate, Herald, legate), yazarın yazıdaki son sözü, temsilci (agent, ambassador, commissionaire, coryphaeus, delegate, deputy, emissary, nominee, rep, representative, spokesman, substitute), resul (patriarch, prophet), delege (commissioner, delegate, deputy). (various references) агент (agent, assignee, broker, doer, emissary, factor), посол (ambassador, legate), посланник (ambassador, nuncio). (various references) phái viên (emissary), đại diện (deputation, vicegerent). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Sumerian | 3100 BCE-2500 BCE | sukkal. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | in, legati, legatos, legatum, legatus, nuntii, nuntiis, nuntio, nuntiorum, nuntios, nuntium, nuntius, orator. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "envoy": envoys. (additional references) | |
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"Envoy" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: enboy, encou, encoy, enfo, enho, enou, enoy, env, envey, envoid, envoie, envow, envry, envyr, Enyo, evay, evo, evoy, invo, invoi, invoy, lendvay, neoy, nevo. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-n-o-v-y" | |
-1 letter: envy, oven. | |
-2 letters: eon, one, voe, yen, yon. | |
-3 letters: en, ne, no, oe, on, oy, ye, yo. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-n-o-v-y" | |
+1 letter: convey, envoys. | |
+2 letters: conveys, novelly, novelty. | |
+3 letters: bovinely, convexly, conveyed, conveyer, conveyor, convoyed, everyone, evonymus, overmany, provenly, reconvey, slovenly, solvency, unlovely, venosity, venously. | |
+4 letters: convexity, conveyers, conveying, conveyors, covalency, enviously, inventory, longevity, nervosity, nervously, overlying, reconveys, solvently, violently, volleying. | |
+5 letters: conversely, conveyance, covalently, covetingly, everywoman, everywomen, evonymuses, governessy, insolvency, involvedly, overbuying, overdrying, overdyeing, overflying, overhyping, overjoying, overlaying, overpaying, overplying, polyvalent, ravenously, reconveyed, unconvoyed, venography, venomously. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)45 6E 76 6F 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references). -. ...- --- -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01101110 01110110 01101111 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E n v o y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 006E 0076 006F 0079 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3980888191 |
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