Definition of ambassador Ambassador
/æmbæˈsʌdɚ/ - [atmbatsuder] - am•bas•sa•dor
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NounPlural: ambassadors |
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| ambassador - a diplomat of the highest rank; accredited as representative from one country to another | ||
| embassador | ||
| diplomatist, diplomat an official engaged in international negotiations | ||
| ambassadress a woman ambassador | ||
| ambassador - an informal representative; "an ambassador of good will" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- ambassador (Noun)
A minister of the highest rank sent to a foreign court to represent there his sovereign or country. - ambassador (Noun)
An official messenger and representative. - ambassador (Noun)
A trick to duck some ignorant fellow or landsman, frequently played on board ships in the warm latitudes. It is thus managed: A large tub is filled with water, and two stools placed on each side of it. Over the whole is thrown a tarpaulin, or old sail: this is kept tight by two persons, who are to represent the king and queen of a foreign country, and are seated on the stools. The person intended to be ducked plays the Ambassador, and after repeating a ridiculous speech dictated to him, is led in great form up to the throne, and seated between the king and queen, who rising suddenly as soon as he is seated, he falls backwards into the tub of water. - ambassador (Noun)
A corporate representative, often the public face of the company.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- ambassador (n.)
Alt. of Embassador
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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ambassador
A diplomatic official accredited to a foreign sovereign or government, or to an international organization, to serve as the official representative of his or her own country.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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ambassador
am-bas′a-dur, n. a diplomatic minister of the highest order sent by one sovereign power to another:—fem. Ambass′adress.—adj. Ambassadō′rial.—n. Ambass′adorship.—n. Ambass′age—now usually Embassage, the position, or the business, of an ambassador: a number of men despatched on an embassy or mission.—Ambassador Extraordinary, an ambassador sent on a special occasion, as distinguished from the ordinary or resident ambassador. [It. ambasciadore—L. ambactus, derived by Grimm from Goth. andbahts, a servant, whence Ger. amt, office; by Zeuss and others traced to a Celtic source, and identified with W. amaeth, a husbandman.]
Vulgar Tongue DictionaryDictionary of the Vulgar Tongue 👅
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ambassador
A trick to duck some ignorant fellow or landsman, frequently played on board ships in the warm latitudes. It is thus managed: A large tub is filled with water, and two stools placed on each side of it. Over the whole is thrown a tarpaulin, or old sail: this is kept tight by two persons, who are to represent the king and queen of a foreign country, and are seated on the stools. The person intended to be ducked plays the Ambassador, and after repeating a ridiculous speech dictated to him, is led in great form up to the throne, and seated between the king and queen, who rising suddenly as soon as he is seated, he falls backwards into the tub of water.
Wikipedia 
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An ambassador is a person sent by the government of a country to a different country. The ambassador is the official representative of their country. The ambassador speaks to officials of the other country about any problems and issues between the two countries.
In past years, communication between countries could take days or weeks. It was necessary to have a person in each foreign capital to have meetings and make negotiations between countries. These days communication is much faster and often governments can be in direct contact with each other. But it is still true that many problems require person-to-person meetings, so ambassadors are still needed.
Often an ambassador will live in the foreign country for a number of years. An embassy is where the ambassador lives, and it is most often located in the capital of the foreign country. An ambassador may bring people with him to help him and work at the embassy. Some of the high ranking people may be called embassy officials.
It is both tradition and law that the ambassador and many embassy officials have diplomatic immunity. They cannot be arrested or prosecuted in the foreign country. The only possibility is to send a person back to their own country.
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🔤- ambassador, noun, singular of ambassadors.
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