ambassador
/æmˈbæs.ə.də(ɹ)/US/æmˈbæs.ə.dɚ/
ambassador noun: a diplomat of the highest rank sent to a foreign court to represent there their sovereign or country. (Sometimes called ambassador-in-residence).
Noun
ambassador (plural ambassadors)
- A diplomat of the highest rank sent to a foreign court to represent there their sovereign or country. (Sometimes called ambassador-in-residence)
- Vergenne'fury reached its height when the priest tried to involve the English ambassador.1982, Orville T. Murphy, Charles Gravier, Comte de Vergennes: French Diplomacy in the Age of Revolution, 1719-1787
- An official messenger and representative.
- The new accusation brought by Urban against Manfred of murdering his sister-in-law's embassador – it may be observed that, tacitly, he acquits him of parricide, fratricide, and nepoticide – requires a little explanation.1856, Mrs. William Busk, Mediæval Popes, Emperors, Kings, and Crusaders: Or, Germany, Italy and Palestine, from A.D. 1125 to A.D. 1268, volume IV, London: Hookham and Sons, →OCLC, page 294
- A corporate representative, often the public face of the company.
- As front hall porter, you are an ambassador for the hotel.
- A player who is an excellent role-model and who upholds the integrity of the game and thereby contributes to the sport's popularity and growth.
ambassador meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
ambassador in Hindi
- representative
- दूत dūt, राजदूत rājdūt, एलची elcī, सफीर saphīr, नुमाइंदा numāindā, प्रतिनिधि pratinidhi
- diplomat of the highest rank
- दूत dūt, राजदूत rājdūt
ambassador in Tamil
- தூதர், நிலைத்தூதர், அரசாங்கச் செய்தியாள், அரசுஓலையாள்
ambassador in Marathi
- representative
- राजदूत rājdūt
ambassador in Urdu
- representative
- سَفِیر safīr, ایلْچی elcī, نُمائِنْدَہ numāinda
- diplomat of the highest rank
- سَفِیر safīr, وَزِیر vazīr
More languagesFewer languages
- ambassador in Bengali
- রাষ্ট্রদূত raśṭrodut
- ambassador in Telugu
- రాయబారి rāyabāri, రాయభారి rāyabhāri
- ambassador in Malayalam
- ദൂതൻ dūtaṉ
- ambassador in Kannada
- ರಾಯಭಾರಿ rāyabhāri
- ambassador in Gujarati
- એલચી elacī, રાજદૂત rājdūt
- ambassador in Odia
- ରାଷ୍ଟ୍ରଦୂତ rāṣṭraduta, ଦୁତ duta
- ambassador in Sanskrit
- दूत dūtá
- ambassador in Sinhala
- තානාපති tānāpati
- ambassador in Pashto
- سفير safír, ايلچي ilčí
- ambassador in Tagalog
- sugo, embahador
- ambassador in Arabic
- سَفِير safīr, سَفِيرَة safīra
- ambassador in Malay
- duta, duta besar
- ambassador in Indonesian
- duta besar, duta
- ambassador in Thai
- ทูต tûut, เอกอัครราชทูต èek-àk-krá-râat-chá-tûut
- ambassador in Vietnamese
- đại sứ
- ambassador in Myanmar
- သံအမတ်ကြီး sam-a.matkri:, သံအမတ် sam-a.mat
Examples of ambassador in a sentence
- The secretary prevailed at the negotiations through the good offices of the Freedonian ambassador.
- An ambassador in ordinary is one constantly resident at a foreign court.
- I'd been to've been ambassador, but fell seriously ill.
Forms of ambassador
| plural | ambassadors |
|---|---|
| alternative form (obsolete) | ambassadour |
| alternative form (obsolete) | embassador |
| alternative form (obsolete) | embassadour |
Origin of ambassador
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.
Words formed from ambassador
Phrases with ambassador
Questions about ambassador
- What does ambassador mean?
- Ambassador means a diplomat of the highest rank sent to a foreign court to represent there their sovereign or country. (Sometimes called ambassador-in-residence).
- What is ambassador in Hindi?
- Ambassador in Hindi is दूत (dūt), राजदूत (rājdūt), एलची (elcī). See Ambassador meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is ambassador?
- Ambassador is a noun.
- How do you pronounce ambassador?
- Ambassador is pronounced /æmˈbæs.ə.də(ɹ)/ (UK).
- What is the plural of ambassador?
- The plural of ambassador is ambassadors.
Words near ambassador in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: ambassador (page history and authors); ambassador (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); రాయబారి (Telugu) (page history and authors); ദൂതൻ (Malayalam) (page history and authors); दूत (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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