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ambassador definition

am·bas·sa·dor (am bas′ə dər, -dôr′)

noun

  1. the highest-ranking diplomatic representative appointed by one country or government to represent it in another
  2. a special representative: an ambassador-at-large is one accredited to no particular country; an ambassador extraordinary is one on a special diplomatic mission; an ambassador plenipotentiary is one having the power to make treaties
  3. an official agent with a special mission
  4. an unofficial representative or messenger an ambassador of goodwill

Etymology: ME ambassatour < MFr ambassateur < OIt ambasciatore < Prov ambaissador < *ambaissa, mission, task < Goth andbahti, office, service < Celt *amb(i)actos, a messenger, servant (> L ambactus, a vassal) < IE *ambhi-, about (see ambi-) + base *aĝ-, to do (see act)

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ambassador Synonyms

ambassador

n.

representative, envoy, minister; see diplomat 1.


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ambassador Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • rove: Lashings became a wandering club based in Maidstone: roving ambassadors for the idea that cricket is fun.

Adjective modifier

  • Venetian: On 22 October 1647 the Venetian Ambassador noted " Gen.

Noun used with modifier

  • goodwill: Jolie, who is a goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations, indicated that the Afghan refugee crisis is not yet over.

Possessives

  • residence: There were protests on the 18 th July outside the US embassy and the US ambassador's residence.

Preposition: of

  • goodwill: Stevenson Scholarships were set up by Sir Daniel Stevenson, a Glasgow merchant and Lord Provost to help students to be ambassadors of goodwill.

Preposition: for

  • breed: Throughout his life, Toad has been the best possible ambassador for the Welsh breeds.
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ambassador quotes

Like an ambassador that beds a queen With the nice caution of a sword between.

-Cleveland,John

Their embassies, he said, were everywhere but operated independently and no ambassador would ever be relieved.

-Heaney, SeamusJustin

An ambassador is an honest man sent to lie abroad for the good of his country.

-Wotton, Sir Henry

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