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am·bas·sa·dor

(ăm-băs′ə-dər, -dôr′)

1. A diplomatic official of the highest rank appointed and accredited as representative in residence by one government or sovereign to another, usually for a specific length of time.

2. A diplomatic official heading his or her country's permanent mission to certain international organizations, such as the United Nations.

3. An authorized messenger or representative.

4. An unofficial representative: ambassadors of goodwill.

[Middle English ambassadour, from Old French ambassadeur, from Medieval Latin ambactia, mission, from Latin ambactus, servant, ultimately of Celtic origin; see ag- in Indo-European roots.]

am·bas′sa·do′ri·al (-dôr′ē-əl) adj.

am·bas′sa·dor·ship′ n.

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Adj.

ambassadorial - of or relating to or characteristic of ambassadors

Translations

خاصْ بِسَفَارَة، عَلى مُسْتَوى سَفارَه

velvyslanecký

nagykövet i

sendiherra-

ambassadør-

elçiliğe ait

大使级的

ambassadorial

[æmˌbæsəˈdɔːrɪəl] ADJ → de embajador

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

ambassadorial

[æmˌbæsəˈdɔːriəl] adj [role, appointment, post] → d'ambassadeur
at ambassadorial level → au niveau de l'ambassadeur

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

ambassadorial

adj → Botschafter-; rank, dignity → eines Botschafters

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

ambassadorial

[æmˌbæsəˈdɔːrɪəl] adj → di ambasciatore

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

ambassador

(amˈbӕsədə) – feminine amˈbassadress – noun

the government minister appointed to act for his government in another country. the British Ambassador to Italy.

amˌbassaˈdorial (-ˈdoː-) adjective

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