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English
Etymology
From Latin ambactus (servant).
Pronunciation
IPA: WEAE /æm�bæs.�.d�/ or /-�d�ɹ/
Noun
ambassador
- A minister of the highest rank sent to a foreign court to represent there his sovereign or country.
#: Note: Ambassadors are either ordinary [or resident] or extraordinary, that is, sent upon some special or unusual occasion or errand. --Abbott.
- An official messenger and representative.
- 1811 A trick to duck some ignorant fellow or landsman, frequently played on board ships in the warm latitudes. It is thus managed: A large tub is filled with water, and two stools placed on each side of it. Over the whole is thrown a tarpaulin, or old sail: this is kept tight by two persons, who are to represent the king and queen of a foreign country, and are seated on the stools. The person intended to be ducked plays the Ambassador, and after repeating a ridiculous speech dictated to him, is led in great form up to the throne, and seated between the king and queen, who rising suddenly as soon as he is seated, he falls backwards into the tub of water. (1811 Dictionary of Vulgar Tongue)
Related terms
embassy
Translations
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Bosnian: ambasador#Bosnian|ambasador m
Croatian: veleposlanik m, ambasador#Croatian|ambasador m
Gujarati: �લ�� (el�ī)
Hebrew: ש�ר�ר (shagryr) m, ש�ר�ר� (shagrira) f
Hindi: द�त (dūt)
Japanese: 大使 (taishi)
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Kurdish: balyoz, sefîr, ambasador
Malay: duta
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: амба�адо�#Serbian|амба�адо� m
:Roman: ambasador#Serbian|ambasador m
Slovenian: veleposlanik m, ambasador m
Swedish: ambassadör c
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trans-top|representative
Arabic: ARchar|س��ر (safīr)
Azerbaijani:
:Cyrillic: ���и�
:Persic: FAchar|س��ر
:Roman: s�fir
Bosnian: ambasador#Bosnian|ambasador m, izaslanik m
Croatian: veleposlanik m, ambasador#Croatian|ambasador m
Esperanto: ambasadoro m, ambasadorino f
Gujarati: �લ�� (el�ī)
Hindi: द�त (dūt)
Japanese: 大使 (taishi)
Kazakh: ел��
Kyrgyz: �л�и
Kurdish: balyoz, sefîr, ambasador
Malay: duta
Persian: FAchar|س��ر (sefir)
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Serbian:
:Cyrillic: амба�адо�#Serbian|амба�адо� m
:Roman: ambasador#Serbian|ambasador m
Slovenian: veleposlanik m, ambasador m
Swedish: ambassadör c
Tatar:
:Cyrillic: ил�е
:Roman: ilçe
Turkish: elçi
Turkmen:
:Cyrillic: ил�и
:Roman: ilçi
Uyghur: FAchar|ئ�����
Uzbek:
:Cyrillic: �л�и
:Roman: elchi
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