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ambassador noun. ; ambassadour, ambassator, ambassatour, & other vars. LME.
[French ambassadeur from Italian ambasciator ult. from medieval Latin ambactia, -axia (Salic and Burgundian Laws) from Germanic (Gothic andbahts servant, Old English ambeht servant, messenger, Old High German ambaht) from Latin ambactus servant, vassal (Ennius, Caesar), a Gaulish word.]
1. a. An appointed or official messenger. Now rare in gen. sense exc. fig. LME.
b. spec. A diplomat sent by one monarch or State on a mission to another. LME.
2. A diplomat of the highest rank permanently representing a monarch or State at a foreign court or government. L16.
Phrases & comb.: ambassador-at-large US: appointed to perform special duties, and not accredited to any one monarch or State. ambassador extraordinary = sense 1b above. ambassador leger = sense 2 above. ambassador plenipotentiary: with full powers to sign treaties or otherwise act for the monarch or State. ordinary ambassador, resident ambassador = sense 2 above.
ambassadorial adjective of or pertaining to an ambassador M18.
ambassa'dorially adverb L19.
ambassadorship noun the position or function of an ambassador M19.