e-envoy

English

Etymology

From e- +‎ envoy.

Noun

e-envoy (plural e-envoys)

1. (UK politics, Internet, historical) 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.
   • 2004, Stephen Battersby, W. H. Bassett, Clay's Handbook of Environmental Health, page 187:

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