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ambassade

ambassade noun: the mission of an ambassador.

Noun

ambassade (plural ambassades)

  1. (obsolete) The mission of an ambassador.
    • Sir Henry Killigrew, after Ambaſſades and meſſages, and many other employments of peace and warre, in his Princes ſeruice, to the good of his Countrey, hath made choyce of a retyred eſtate1609, Richard Carew, The Survey of Cornwall, London: […] S[imon] S[tafford] for Iohn Iaggard, […], →OCLC
  2. (obsolete) An embassy.
    • […] thereupon the queen's majesty, trusting that the king of Spain was of the same mind, she did send a solemn ambassade of her privy-counsellors, whereof one was an ancient earl of the realm, the other also an ancient baron of the same, and others of the council of her state […]1709-1725, John Strype, Annals of the Reformation in England

Forms of ambassade

pluralambassades
alternative formembassade

Origin of ambassade

From French ambassade. Doublet of embassy.

Questions about ambassade

What does ambassade mean?
Ambassade means the mission of an ambassador.
What part of speech is ambassade?
Ambassade is a noun.
What is the plural of ambassade?
The plural of ambassade is ambassades.

Words near ambassade in the dictionary

  1. Ambashtha
  2. Ambashthas
  3. ambasilide
  4. Ambasing
  5. ambass
  6. ambassade
  7. ambassades
  8. ambassadonor
  9. ambassadonors
  10. ambassador
  11. ambassador animal

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