Deputy vs. Envoy

One appointed as the substitute of another, and empowered to act for them, in their name or their behalf; a substitute in office

Example: ‘the deputy of a prince’; ‘The deputy sheriff was promoted after his senior retired’; ‘As the deputy store manager, he is able to fire staff.’;

A person employed to install and remove props, brattices, etc. and to clear gas, for the safety of the miners.

(France): A member of the Chamber of Deputies, formerly called Corps Législatif

(Ireland): a member of Dáil Éireann, or the title of a member of Dáil Éireann. (Normally capitalised in both cases)

Example: ‘Eamon Ryan is a deputy in the Dáil.’; ‘At today's meeting, Deputy Ryan will speak on local issues.’;

to deputise

One appointed as the substitute of another, and empowered to act for him, in his name or his behalf; a substitute in office; a lieutenant; a representative; a delegate; a vicegerent; as, the deputy of a prince, of a sheriff, of a township, etc.

Example: ‘There was then [in the days of Jehoshaphat] no king in Edom; a deputy was king.’; ‘God's substitute,His deputy anointed in His sight.’;

A member of the Chamber of Deputies.

someone authorized to exercise the powers of sheriff in emergencies

an assistant with power to act when his superior is absent

a member of the lower chamber of a legislative assembly (such as in France)

a person appointed to represent or act on behalf of others

(law) a diplomatic agent of the second rank, next in status after an ambassador.

a representative.

a diplomat.

a messenger.

a short stanza at the end of a poem.

One dispatched upon an errand or mission; a messenger; esp., a person deputed by a sovereign or a government to negotiate a treaty, or transact other business, with a foreign sovereign or government; a minister accredited to a foreign government. An envoy's rank is below that of an ambassador.

An explanatory or commendatory postscript to a poem, essay, or book; - also in the French from, l'envoi.

Example: ‘The envoy of a ballad is the "sending" of it forth.’;

a diplomat having less authority than an ambassador

someone sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else

a brief stanza concluding certain forms of poetry