The definition of an ambassador is a high ranking official who travels to another country, or to the United Nations, in order to provide representation.(noun)
An example of an ambassador is United Nations ambassador Susan Rice.
See ambassador in Webster's New World College Dictionary
Origin: ME ambassatour < MFr ambassateur < OIt ambasciatore < Prov ambaissador < *ambaissa, mission, task < Goth andbahti, office, service < Celt *amb(i)actos, a messenger, servant (> L ambactus, a vassal) < IE *ambhi-, about (see ambi-) + base *aĝ-, to do (see act)
See ambassador in American Heritage Dictionary 4
Origin: Middle English ambassadour
Origin: , from Old French ambassadeur
Origin: , from Medieval Latin ambactia, mission
Origin: , from Latin ambactus, servant
Origin: , ultimately of Celtic origin; see ag- in Indo-European roots.
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