En'voy, n.

n. [Fr. envoyé, envoy, from envoyer, to send, Pr., Sp., & Pg. enviar, It. inviare, from en, in, and Fr. voie, Pr., Sp., Pg., It., & Lat. via, way.]

1. One dispatched upon an errand or mission; a messenger; especially, a person deputed by a prince or government to negotiate a treaty, or transact other business, with a foreign prince or government, and distinguished from an embassador or permanent resident at a foreign court.
2. An explanatory or commendatory postscript to a poem or essay. [Obs.]