/æmˈbæsədə/
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Translation
The top person who speaks for their country in another country.
Word origin
From Old French ambassadeur, traced back to a Celtic word ambactos, a servant or messenger.
- Origin
- Old French
- Root
- ambactos
- English cognates
- embassy
Grammar
Gender
Pluralambassadors
Examples
Japan.
An ambassador lives in another country and speaks for their own.
.
Ambassadors carry messages between governments.
signed .
"Ambassadors" is the plural.
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