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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024am•bas•sa•dor /æmˈbæsədɚ, -ˌdɔr/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Governmenta diplomatic official of the highest rank, sent by one country to live in another as its representative.
- Governmentan unofficial representative:a good-will ambassador.
am•bas•sa•do•ri•al /æmˌbæsəˈdɔriəl/USA pronunciation adj. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024am•bas•sa•dor (am bas′ə dər, -dôr′),USA pronunciation n. - Governmenta diplomatic official of the highest rank, sent by one sovereign or state to another as its resident representative (ambas′sador extraor′dinary and plenipoten′tiary.)
- Governmenta diplomatic official of the highest rank sent by a government to represent it on a temporary mission, as for negotiating a treaty.
- Governmenta diplomatic official serving as permanent head of a country's mission to the United Nations or some other international organization.
- Governmentan authorized messenger or representative. Abbr.: Amb., amb.
- Latin -ātōrem accusative of -ātor -ator
- Italian ambassatore, dialect, dialectal Italian ambassadore, equivalent. to ambass- (see embassy) -atore, -adore
- Anglo-French ambassateur, ambassaduer
- 1325–75; Middle English am-, embass(i)adour, imbassadore
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