ambassador

Meaning

1. A diplomat of the highest rank sent to a foreign court to represent there their sovereign or country. (Sometimes called ambassador-in-residence)
2. An official messenger and representative.
3. A corporate representative, often the public face of the company.
4. A 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

envoy

messenger

representative

emissary

minister

diplomat

plenipotentiary

agent

legate

embassador

delegation

deputy

high commissioner

consul

apostle

female ambassador

ambassadress

mediary

commissioner

delegate

deputies

diplomatic body

diplomatic corps

forerunner

go-between

harbinger

mediator

nuncio

pimp

procurer

statesman

then

Translations

ambassadeur

embajador

ambasciatore

Botschafter

ambassadeur

embaixador

gezant

ambassadrice

sefîr

ambaixador

ambasador

πρεσβευτής

سفير

büyükelçi

Pronounced as (IPA)

/æmˈbæs.ə.də(ɹ)/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: ambassadore

In summary

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.