e-envoy

noun

The person in charge of the Office of the e-Envoy, which existed from 1999 to 2004 with the purpose of putting all government departments online.

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Meanings

noune-envoy (plural e-envoys)

plural e-envoys

  1. InternetUKhistoricalgovernmentThe person in charge of the Office of the e-Envoy, which existed from 1999 to 2004 with the purpose of putting all government departments online.

    Recommendation 14.2 of this report stated 'the Government should appoint an “e-envoy” with a wider remit than originally proposed.

    2004, Stephen Battersby, W. H. Bassett, Clay's Handbook of Environmental Health, page 187

Origin

From e- + envoy.

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e-envoy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/e-envoy

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“e-envoy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/e-envoy. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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