embassadressn.

Brit.

/ɛmˈbasədrᵻs/,

/ɪmˈbasədrᵻs/,

/ɛmˌbasəˈdrɛs/,

/ɪmˌbasəˈdrɛs/, U.S.

/əmˈbæsədrəs/,

/ɛmˈbæsədrəs/

Forms: 1500s–1600s embassadresse, 1600s embassadres, 1600s– embassadress.

Etymology: Variant of ambassadress n. (although this is first attested slightly later), influenced by embassador n., embassadry n., embassy n.

Now rare.

1. A female ambassador (in various senses of ambassador n.); = ambassadress n. 1.In quot. 1594 with reference to the dawn, personified.

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society > authority > rule or government > politics > international politics or relations > diplomacy > [noun] > ambassador or envoy > female

embassadress1594

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ambassatrix1616

ambassatrice1625

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1594 R. Carew tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne iii. 98 Dawnyng th' Embassadresse [It. l'aura messaggera] was ris'ne from bed, Tydings to beare, how now grey morne annies.

1697 D. Jones Secret Hist. White-Hall xvii. 67 It was agreed, it should be a Female Embassadress the Kings fair Sister Henrietta Maria Dutchess of Orleans.

1777 R. Hitchcock Coquette i. 21 Mrs. Fash.: He has seen you at some of the public places, and has been dying for you ever since. Miss Bloom: So, you are come Embassadress from him?

1871 A. S. Stephens Palaces & Prisons lxxxv. 446 You were the girl I sent to the king that day, and a more lovely little embassadress never was chosen.

1989 Guardian 5 Jan. 17/5 Princess Diana felt it wise to..emphasise her role as embassadress not just for Britain and the pomp of its state, but for its fashion industry as well.

2. The wife of an ambassador; = ambassadress n. 2.

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society > authority > rule or government > politics > international politics or relations > diplomacy > [noun] > ambassador or envoy > resident ambassador > wife of

embassadress1641

ambassadress1663

ambassadrice1677

embassatrix1728

1641 Leicester's Common-wealth (new ed.) 22 (margin) The Lady Sheffield now Embassadresse [1584 Embassdesse, 1641 Embassadesse] in France.

1777 E. Gibbon Let. 16 June (1956) II. 151 I..am not quite determined whether I shall sup at..Madame Necker's or the Sardinian Embassadress's.

1871 F. L. Benedict My Daughter Elinor xl. 216/2 Mr. Grey left off flattering the jewelled embassadress and got into the supper-room.

1963 Lubbock (Texas) Avalanche-Jrnl. 10 Feb. 14 d/1 The preparations for the Johnson visit to Athens had been the most frightening experience to a new embassadress.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	embassadress
释义	embassadressn. Brit. /ɛmˈbasədrᵻs/, /ɪmˈbasədrᵻs/, /ɛmˌbasəˈdrɛs/, /ɪmˌbasəˈdrɛs/, U.S. /əmˈbæsədrəs/, /ɛmˈbæsədrəs/ Forms: 1500s–1600s embassadresse, 1600s embassadres, 1600s– embassadress. Etymology: Variant of ambassadress n. (although this is first attested slightly later), influenced by embassador n., embassadry n., embassy n. Now rare. 1. A female ambassador (in various senses of ambassador n.); = ambassadress n. 1.In quot. 1594 with reference to the dawn, personified. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > international politics or relations > diplomacy > [noun] > ambassador or envoy > female embassadress1594 ambassadress1598 ambassatrix1616 ambassatrice1625 ambassadrix1662 1594 R. Carew tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne iii. 98 Dawnyng th' Embassadresse [It. l'aura messaggera] was ris'ne from bed, Tydings to beare, how now grey morne annies. 1697 D. Jones Secret Hist. White-Hall xvii. 67 It was agreed, it should be a Female Embassadress the Kings fair Sister Henrietta Maria Dutchess of Orleans. 1777 R. Hitchcock Coquette i. 21 Mrs. Fash.: He has seen you at some of the public places, and has been dying for you ever since. Miss Bloom: So, you are come Embassadress from him? 1871 A. S. Stephens Palaces & Prisons lxxxv. 446 You were the girl I sent to the king that day, and a more lovely little embassadress never was chosen. 1989 Guardian 5 Jan. 17/5 Princess Diana felt it wise to..emphasise her role as embassadress not just for Britain and the pomp of its state, but for its fashion industry as well. 2. The wife of an ambassador; = ambassadress n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > international politics or relations > diplomacy > [noun] > ambassador or envoy > resident ambassador > wife of embassadress1641 ambassadress1663 ambassadrice1677 embassatrix1728 1641 Leicester's Common-wealth (new ed.) 22 (margin) The Lady Sheffield now Embassadresse [1584 Embassdesse, 1641 Embassadesse] in France. 1777 E. Gibbon Let. 16 June (1956) II. 151 I..am not quite determined whether I shall sup at..Madame Necker's or the Sardinian Embassadress's. 1871 F. L. Benedict My Daughter Elinor xl. 216/2 Mr. Grey left off flattering the jewelled embassadress and got into the supper-room. 1963 Lubbock (Texas) Avalanche-Jrnl. 10 Feb. 14 d/1 The preparations for the Johnson visit to Athens had been the most frightening experience to a new embassadress. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1594
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