ambassador

noun am·bas·sa·dor \ am-ˈba-sə-dər , əm- , im- , -ˌdȯr , -ˈbas-dər \

|Updated on: 10 Jun 2018

Examples: ambassador in a Sentence

Definition of ambassador

1 : an official envoy; especially : a diplomatic agent of the highest rank accredited to a foreign government or sovereign as the resident representative of his or her own government or sovereign or appointed for a special and often temporary diplomatic assignment

She's the American ambassador to Italy.

2 a : an authorized representative or messenger

b : an unofficial representative

traveling abroad as ambassadors of goodwill

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ambassadorial

play \-ˌba-sə-ˈdȯr-ē-əl\ adjective

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ambassadorship

play \-ˈba-sə-dər-ˌship\ noun

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Examples of ambassador in a Sentence

Embassy officials met with the ambassador.
a beloved entertainer who has often been sent abroad by the president as his country's goodwill ambassador

Recent Examples of ambassador from the Web

On his first day in Berlin as ambassador early last month, the President Trump loyalist ignited a similar reaction.

— diane bell, sandiegouniontribune.com, "U.S. ambassador criticized by Germans as not so diplomatic," 4 June 2018
Kentucky's basketball coach John Calipari was present in Washington, D.C., last year when Craft's wife Kelly Knight Craft was sworn in as ambassador to Canada.

— darcy costello, The Courier-Journal, "Report: Coal exec Joe Craft, big UK donor, is 'cozy' to Scott Pruitt," 2 June 2018
Sessions straight up lied, under oath, about meeting with a Russian ambassador.

— stephen a. crockett jr., The Root, "Trump Still Hates Jeff Sessions for Being Jeff Sessions," 30 May 2018
The Netflix chief also has a personal tie to the Obama family: his wife, Nicole Avant, served as the U.S. ambassador to the Bahamas during President Obama’s first term in office.

— yohana desta, HWD, "The Obamas Will Keep Politics Out of Their Netflix Productions," 30 May 2018
The chairman is also the acting owner of the team while his brother and owner, Woody Johnson, serves as Trump's ambassador to the United Kingdom.

— jenna west, SI.com, "Jets Chairman Christopher Johnson Will Pay Players' Fines for Anthem Protests," 23 May 2018
Her time as ambassador, however, was not without controversy.

— bonnie l. cook, Philly.com, "Faith Ryan Whittlesey, 79, top Reagan aide and two-time ambassador to Switzerland," 22 May 2018
On national security, Baldwin has previously voted for Nikki Haley as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, James Mattis as secretary of defense and John Kelly as secretary of Homeland Security.

— bill glauber, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Tammy Baldwin votes against CIA nominee Gina Haspel as Senate confirms appointment," 17 May 2018
Ralph Lauren had just appointed Akira as one of its global brand ambassadors, which for someone like Akira who is a professional performer and generally good-looking for a living should be a non-issue.

— sable yong, Allure, "Why J-Pop Star Akira Is Way More Than the New Face of Ralph Lauren," 15 May 2018

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