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ambassador

am·bas·sa·dor

UK/æmˈbæs.ə.də(ɹ)/ US/æmˈbæs.ə.dɚ/ common

noun

1.

a diplomat of the highest rank; accredited as representative from one country to another

Synonyms
2.

an informal representative

  • “an ambassador of good will”

Origin

From Middle English ambassadore, from Anglo-Norman ambassadeur, from Old Italian ambassadore, from Old Occitan ambaisador (“ambassador”), derivative of ambaissa (“service, mission, errand”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *ambahtaz (“servant”), from Gaulish ambaxtos, from Proto-Celtic *ambaxtos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰi-h₂eǵ- (“drive around”), from *h₂m̥bʰi- (“around”) + *h₂eǵ- (“to drive”). Displaced native Old English ǣrendraca.

Phrases

  • ambassador animal
  • goodwill ambassador
  • high commissioner

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