Ambassador Meaning
/æmˈbæs.ə.də(ɹ)/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA diplomat of the highest rank sent to a foreign court to represent there their sovereign or country. (Sometimes called ambassador-in-residence)
nounAn official messenger and representative.
Sentence Examples
The English ambassador demanded to meet with the President directly.
Mr Brown was acting in the capacity of ambassador.
She was appointed as the new ambassador to the United Nations.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The French ____ attended the ceremony to strengthen ties between nations.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She was appointed as the new ____ to France by the president.
Word Origin & History
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.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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:
"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:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The French ____ attended the ceremony to strengthen ties between nations.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She was appointed as the new ____ to France by the president.