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Definition of Ambassador

1. Noun. A diplomat of the highest rank; accredited as representative from one country to another.

Definition of Ambassador

1. n. A minister of the highest rank sent to a foreign court to represent there his sovereign or country.

Definition of Ambassador

1. Noun. A minister of the highest rank sent to a foreign court to represent there his sovereign or country. ¹

2. Noun. An official messenger and representative. ¹

3. Noun. (1811) 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. (1811 ''Dictionary of Vulgar Tongue'') ¹

4. Noun. A corporate representative, often the public face of the company. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ambassador

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ambassador

Literary usage of Ambassador

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A History of the Law of Nations by Thomas Alfred Walker (1899)
"In case of extreme necessity, nevertheless, not by way of punishment but by way of preventing some grave, especially a public, evil, an ambassador may be ..."

2. The American Journal of International Law by American Society of International Law (1915)
"On the 22nd and 23rd July, M. Dumaine, French Ambassador, had long interviews with Baron Macchio, one of the Under-Secretaries of State for Foreign Affairs, ..."

3. The English Historical Review by Mandell Creighton, Justin Winsor, Samuel Rawson Gardiner, Reginald Lane Poole, John Goronwy Edwards (1901)
"He [Julio] said the English ambassador in France was of the same opinion. ... Julio writes me that the ambassador [Stafford] had been instructed to answer ..."

4. Memoirs of the Duke of Sully: Prime Minister to Henry the Great by Maximilien de Béthune Sully, Walter Scott (1890)
"... suppressed—Journey of Henry IV. to Orleans—Affairs of the United Provinces—Henry goes to Calais—The French ambassador insulted at Madrid—Embassies from ..."

5. The History of England by Tobias George Smollett, David Hume (1827)
"The Muscovite ambassador continued to write expostulatory letters to Mr. secretary Boyle, who at last owned, that the laws of the kingdom did not admit of ..."

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