ambassador

Meaning

1. A minister of the highest rank sent to a foreign court to represent there his 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.

Concepts

ambassador

envoy

messenger

representative

emissary

minister

diplomat

agent

legate

embassador

plenipotentiary

female ambassador

deputy

consul

high commissioner

ambassadress

apostle

delegation

mediary

diplomatic body

diplomatic corps

statesman

deputies

nuncio

delegate

go-between

mediator

forerunner

pimp

procurer

then

harbinger

commissioner

Pronounced as (IPA)

/æmˈbæs.ə.də(ɹ)/

Etymology

From Middle English ambassadore, from Anglo-Norman ambassadeur, from Old Italian ambassadore, from Old Occitan ambaisador (“ambassador”), derivative of ambaissa (“service, mission, errand”), from Medieval Latin ambasiator, from Gothic 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌱𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌹 (andbahti, “service, function”), from Proto-Germanic *ambahtiją (“service, office”), derivative of 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.