Meanings
nounambassador (plural ambassadors)
plural ambassadors · alternative obsolete ambassadour · alternative obsolete embassador · alternative obsolete embassadour
- 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.
- hobbiesA 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.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna diplomat of the highest rank; accredited as representative from one country to another
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts?
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂m̥bʰí
- Proto-Celtic*ambi-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂eǵ-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂éǵeti
- Proto-Celtic*ageti
- Proto-Celtic*ambaxtos
- Gaulishambaxtos
- Proto-Germanic*ambahtaz
- Latinambasciātor
- Old Occitanambaisador
- Old Italianambassatore
- Anglo-Normanambassadeur
- Middle Englishambassadore
- Englishambassador
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.
More words from Middle English, Anglo-Norman, Old Italian
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans ambassadeur, ambassadeur
- ambassadeurdiplomat of the highest rank
- ambassadeurrepresentative
Ancient Greek πρεσβεύς, πρεσβευτής
- πρεσβεύς (presbeús)diplomat of the highest rank
- πρεσβευτής (presbeutḗs)diplomat of the highest rank
Arabic سَفِير, سَفِيرَة
- سَفِير (safīr)diplomat of the highest rank
- سَفِيرَة (safīra)diplomat of the highest rank
- سَفِير (safīr)representative
- سَفِيرَة (safīra)representative
Bengali রাষ্ট্রদূত
- রাষ্ট্রদূত (raśṭrodut)representative
Bulgarian пра́теник, пра́теница
- пра́теник (prátenik)diplomat of the highest rank
- пра́теница (prátenica)diplomat of the highest rank
- посла́ник (poslánik)representative
- посла́ничка (poslánička)representative
- посо́л (posól)representative
Catalan ambaixador
- ambaixadordiplomat of the highest rank
Chinese Cantonese 大使, 大使
- 大使 (daai⁶ si³)diplomat of the highest rank
- 大使 (daai⁶ si³)representative
Chinese Mandarin 大使, 大使
- 大使 (dàshǐ)diplomat of the highest rank
- 大使 (dàshǐ)representative
Czech velvyslanec, velvyslankyně
- velvyslanecdiplomat of the highest rank
- velvyslankynědiplomat of the highest rank
- velvyslanecrepresentative
- velvyslankyněrepresentative
Danish ambassadør, ambassadør
- ambassadørdiplomat of the highest rank
- ambassadørrepresentative
Dutch ambassadeur, gezant
- ambassadeurdiplomat of the highest rank
- gezantrepresentative
- ambassadeurrepresentative
- ambassadricerepresentative
Esperanto ambasadoro, ambasadorino
- ambasadororepresentative
- ambasadorinorepresentative
Estonian suursaadik
- suursaadikrepresentative
Finnish suurlähettiläs, lähettiläs
- suurlähettiläsdiplomat of the highest rank
- lähettiläsrepresentative
French ambassadeur, ambassadrice
- ambassadeurdiplomat of the highest rank
- ambassadricediplomat of the highest rank
- ambassadeurrepresentative
- ambassadricerepresentative
German Botschafter, Botschafter
- Botschafterdiplomat of the highest rank
- Botschafterrepresentative
- Botschafterinrepresentative
Greek πρέσβης, πρεσβευτής
- πρέσβης (présvis)diplomat of the highest rank
- πρεσβευτής (presveftís)representative
- πρεσβευτίνα (presveftína)representative
Hebrew שַׁגְרִיר, שגרירה
- שַׁגְרִיר (shagrír)diplomat of the highest rank
- שגרירה (shagrira)diplomat of the highest rank
- שַׁגְרִיר (shagrír)representative
Hindi दूत, राजदूत
- दूत (dūt)diplomat of the highest rank
- राजदूत (rājdūt)diplomat of the highest rank
- दूत (dūt)representative
- राजदूत (rājdūt)representative
- एलची (elcī)representative
- सफीर (saphīr)representative
- नुमाइंदा (numāindā)representative
- प्रतिनिधि (pratinidhi)representative
Hungarian nagykövet, nagykövet
- nagykövetdiplomat of the highest rank
- nagykövetrepresentative
Icelandic sendiherra, ambassadör
- sendiherradiplomat of the highest rank
- ambassadördiplomat of the highest rank
- sendiherrarepresentative
Indonesian duta, duta besar
- dutadiplomat of the highest rank
- duta besarrepresentative
- dutarepresentative
Irish ambasadóir, ambasadóir
- ambasadóirdiplomat of the highest rank
- ambasadóirrepresentative
Italian ambasciatore, ambasciatrice
- ambasciatorediplomat of the highest rank
- ambasciatricediplomat of the highest rank
- ambasciatorerepresentative
Japanese 大使, 大使
- 大使 (taishi)diplomat of the highest rank
- 大使 (taishi)representative
Korean 대사, 대사
- 대사 (daesa)diplomat of the highest rank
- 대사 (daesa)representative
Latin lēgātus, ambasiātor
- lēgātusdiplomat of the highest rank
- ambasiātordiplomat of the highest rank
- legatusrepresentative
Latvian vēstnieks, vēstniece
- vēstnieksrepresentative
- vēstniecerepresentative
Lithuanian ambasadorius, ambasadorė
- ambasadoriusrepresentative
- ambasadorėrepresentative
Malay duta, دوتا
- dutadiplomat of the highest rank
- دوتاdiplomat of the highest rank
- dutarepresentative
- duta besarrepresentative
Māori māngai, māngai kāwanatanga
- māngairepresentative
- māngai kāwanatangarepresentative
Norwegian Bokmål ambassadør, ambassadør
- ambassadørdiplomat of the highest rank
- ambassadørrepresentative
Polish ambasador, ambasadorka
- ambasadordiplomat of the highest rank
- ambasadorkadiplomat of the highest rank
- ambasadorrepresentative
- ambasadorkarepresentative
Portuguese embaixador, embaixadora
- embaixadordiplomat of the highest rank
- embaixadoradiplomat of the highest rank
- embaixadorrepresentative
- representanterepresentative
Romanian ambasador, ambasadoare
- ambasadordiplomat of the highest rank
- ambasadoarediplomat of the highest rank
- ambasadorrepresentative
- reprezentantrepresentative
Russian посо́л, посо́л
- посо́л (posól)diplomat of the highest rank
- посо́л (posól)representative
Slovak veľvyslanec, veľvyslankyňa
- veľvyslanecrepresentative
- veľvyslankyňarepresentative
Spanish embajador, embajadora
- embajadordiplomat of the highest rank
- embajadoradiplomat of the highest rank
- embajadorrepresentative
- embajadorarepresentative
Swahili balozi, balozi
- balozidiplomat of the highest rank
- balozirepresentative
Swedish ambassadör, ambassadör
- ambassadördiplomat of the highest rank
- ambassadörrepresentative
Tagalog sugo, embahador
- sugodiplomat of the highest rank
- embahadordiplomat of the highest rank
Thai เอกอัครราชทูต, ทูต
- เอกอัครราชทูต (èek-àk-krá-râat-chá-tûut)diplomat of the highest rank
- ทูต (tûut)representative
Turkish büyükelçi, elçi
- büyükelçidiplomat of the highest rank
- elçidiplomat of the highest rank
- sefirdiplomat of the highest rank
- elçirepresentative
- büyükelçirepresentative
- sefirrepresentative
Ukrainian посо́л, посо́лка
- посо́л (posól)diplomat of the highest rank
- посо́лка (posólka)diplomat of the highest rank
- посо́л (posól)representative
- посо́лка (posólka)representative
Urdu سَفِیر, وَزِیر
- سَفِیر (safīr)diplomat of the highest rank
- وَزِیر (vazīr)diplomat of the highest rank
- سَفِیر (safīr)representative
- ایلْچی (elcī)representative
- نُمائِنْدَہ (numāinda)representative
Vietnamese đại sứ, đại sứ
- đại sứdiplomat of the highest rank
- đại sứrepresentative
Welsh llysgennad
- llysgennadrepresentative
Yiddish אַמבאַסאַדאָר
- אַמבאַסאַדאָר (ambasador)representative
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“ambassador.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ambassador. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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