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Webster 1913 Edition


Embassador

Am-bas′sa-dor

,

Em-bas′sa-dor

,
Noun.
[See
Embassador
.]
1.
A minister of the highest rank sent to a foreign court to represent there his sovereign or country.
Ambassadors
are either ordinary [or resident] or extraordinary, that is, sent upon some special or unusual occasion or errand.
Abbott.
2.
An official messenger and representative.

Em-bas′sa-dor

,
Noun.
[F.
ambassadeur
, Sp.
embajador
, LL.
ambassiator
,
ambasciator
. See
Embassy
, and cf.
Ambassador
.]
Same as
Ambassador
.
Stilbon, that was a wise
embassadour
,
Was sent to Corinth.
Chaucer.
Myself my king’s
embassador
will go.
Dryden.

Webster 1828 Edition


Embassador

EMBAS'SADOR

,
Noun.
1.
A minister of the highest rank employed by one prince or state, at the court of another, to manage the public concerns of his own prince or state, and representing the power and dignity of his sovereign. Embassadors are ordinary, when they reside permanently at a foreign court; or extraordinary, when they are sent on a special occasion. They are also called ministers. Envoys are ministers employed on special occasions, and are of less dignity.
2.
In ludicrous language, a messenger.

Definition 2024


embassador

embassador

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Noun

embassador (plural embassadors)

  1. Archaic form of ambassador.

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