Ambassador
11ambassador — (n.) late 14c., also embassador, from M.Fr. ambassadeur, from O.Fr. embassator, via Provençal or Old Spanish from L. ambactus a servant, vassal, from Celt. amb(i)actos a messenger, servant, from PIE *ambhi about (see AMBI (Cf. ambi )) + *ag drive …
12ambassador — [n] representative to a foreign country agent, consul, deputy, diplomat, emissary, envoy, minister, plenipotentiary; concept 354 …
13ambassador — ► NOUN 1) a diplomat sent by a state as its permanent representative in a foreign country. 2) a representative or promoter of an activity. DERIVATIVES ambassadorial adjective ambassadress noun. ORIGIN Italian ambasciator, from Latin ambactus… …
14Ambassador — This article is about ambassadors in general. For other uses (including specific types of ambassadors), see Ambassador (disambiguation). For the Wikipedia Ambassador Program, see Wikipedia:Ambassadors. Hans Holbein the Younger: The Ambassadors,… …
15ambassador — n. 1) to appoint an ambassador 2) to recall an ambassador 3) an ambassador extraordinary; an ambassador plenipotentiary; an ambassador at large 4) a goodwill; roving ambassador 5) an ambassador to (our ambassador to Rome) * * * [æm bæsədə] an… …
16ambassador — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ former ▪ British, French, US, etc. ▪ unofficial ▪ special ▪ …
17ambassador — 01. As visitors to Australia, you are all [ambassadors] of your country and, as such, help form the opinion Australians have of your culture. 02. Our country s [Ambassador] to France made a formal protest to the French government after they… …
18Ambassador (B&O) — The Ambassador was a named train of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B O) on its route between Baltimore, Maryland and Detroit, Michigan with major station stops in Washington, D.C. and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Toledo, Ohio. Inaugurated in… …
19ambassador */*/ — UK [æmˈbæsədə(r)] / US [æmˈbæsədər] noun [countable] Word forms ambassador : singular ambassador plural ambassadors 1) a senior official who lives in a foreign country and represents his or her own country there. An ambassador is responsible for… …
20ambassador — am|bas|sa|dor [æmˈbæsədə US ər] n [Date: 1300 1400; : French; Origin: ambassadeur, from an unrecorded Medieval Latin ambactiator, from Latin ambactus vassal ] 1.) an important official who represents his or her government in a foreign country… …
