Ambassador
21ambassador — ambassadorial /am bas euh dawr ee euhl, dohr /, adj. ambassadorially, adv. ambassadorship, n. /am bas euh deuhr, dawr /, n. 1. a diplomatic official of the highest rank, sent by one sovereign or state to another as its resident representative… …
22ambassador — am|bas|sa|dor [ æm bæsədər ] noun count ** 1. ) a senior official who lives in a foreign country and represents his or her own country there. An ambassador is responsible for an office called an embassy: ambassador to: the Egyptian ambassador to… …
23ambassador — An ambassador is formally addressed as ‘Your Excellency’, but the British ambassador in Don’t Tell Alfred, by Nancy Mitford, is ‘my dear Ambassador’ to one of his French colleagues. This expression manages to be both friendly and polite at the …
24ambassador — n. 1 an accredited diplomat sent by a State on a mission to, or as its permanent representative in, a foreign country. 2 a representative or promoter of a specified thing (an ambassador of peace). Phrases and idioms: ambassador at large US an… …
25ambassador — [14] Appropriately enough, ambassador is a highly cosmopolitan word. It was borrowed back and forth among several European languages before arriving in English. Its ultimate source appears to be the Indo European root *ag ‘drive, lead’, whose… …
26ambassador — [[t]æmbæ̱sədə(r)[/t]] ♦♦♦ ambassadors N COUNT: oft adj N, N to n An ambassador is an important official who lives in a foreign country and represents his or her own country s interests there. ...the German ambassador to Poland …
27ambassador — noun 1) the American ambassador Syn: envoy, plenipotentiary, emissary, (papal) nuncio, representative, high commissioner, consul, consul general, diplomat; archaic legate 2) a great ambassador for the sport Syn: campaigner …
28ambassador — [14] Appropriately enough, ambassador is a highly cosmopolitan word. It was borrowed back and forth among several European languages before arriving in English. Its ultimate source appears to be the Indo European root *ag ‘drive, lead’, whose… …
29Ambassador — In the Old Testament the Hebrew word tsir, meaning one who goes on an errand, is rendered thus (Josh. 9:4; Prov. 13:17; Isa. 18:2; Jer. 49:14; Obad. 1:1). This is also the rendering of melits, meaning an interpreter, in 2 Chr. 32:31; and of… …
30ambassador — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. envoy, emissary; consul; deputy. See agent. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. representative, envoy, minister; see diplomat 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. diplomat, representative, emissary, delegate,… …
