[n] a brief stanza concluding certain forms of poetry [n] someone sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else [n] a diplomat having less authority than an ambassador
emissary, envoi, envoy extraordinary, minister plenipotentiary
agent, ambassador, ambassadress, apostolic delegate, attache, bearer, career diplomat, carrier, chancellor, charge, commercial attache, commissar, commissary, commissionaire, commissioner, consul, consul general, consular agent, councillor, courier, deleg