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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
ambassador/amˈbasədə(r)/
▶noun a diplomat sent by a state as its permanent representative in a foreign country.
■ a representative or promoter of a specified activity.
– derivatives
ambassadorial adjective,
ambassadorship noun,
ambassadress noun.
ambassadorial adjective,
ambassadorship noun,
ambassadress noun.
– origin ME: from Fr. ambassadeur, from Ital. ambasciator, based on L. ambactus ‘servant’.
'ambassador' also found in these Oxford entries:
ambassador-at-large
- attaché
- chargé d'affaires
- credential
- embassy
- envoy
- extraordinary
- legate
- letter of credence
- minister
- nuncio
- pro-nuncio
- secretary
Forum discussions with the word(s) "ambassador" in the title:
Ambassador of sort?
ambassador to Italy
Dear madam [to honorary ambassador?]
desertion for embassador [ambassador]
Difference: Embassador to/in [Ambassador]
In 2001, she was named/dubbed/assigned a United Nations Goodwill Ambassador.
pronunciation of recall as in recall its ambassador
The Ambassador did not leave London to take up an appointment in Africa
U.S. ambassador to Mexico resigns..
ambassador to Italy
Dear madam [to honorary ambassador?]
desertion for embassador [ambassador]
Difference: Embassador to/in [Ambassador]
In 2001, she was named/dubbed/assigned a United Nations Goodwill Ambassador.
pronunciation of recall as in recall its ambassador
The Ambassador did not leave London to take up an appointment in Africa
U.S. ambassador to Mexico resigns..
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