Deputy vs. Envoy

Deputynoun

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

Deputynoun

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

Deputynoun

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

Deputynoun

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

Deputyverb

to deputise

Deputynoun

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.

Deputynoun

A member of the Chamber of Deputies.

Deputynoun

someone authorized to exercise the powers of sheriff in emergencies

Deputynoun

an assistant with power to act when his superior is absent

Deputynoun

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

Deputynoun

a person appointed to represent or act on behalf of others

Envoynoun

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

Envoynoun

a representative.

Envoynoun

a diplomat.

Envoynoun

a messenger.

Envoynoun

a short stanza at the end of a poem.

Envoynoun

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.

Envoynoun

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

Envoynoun

a diplomat having less authority than an ambassador

Envoynoun

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

Envoynoun

a brief stanza concluding certain forms of poetry