ambassadors

noun

plural of ambassador
as in representatives
a person sent on a mission to represent another a beloved entertainer who has often been sent abroad by the president as his country's goodwill ambassador

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Recent Examples of ambassadors In response, the ambassadors of France and Spain made public statements emphasizing the importance of a credible electoral process and the need for Haiti’s next president to have integrity. — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2026 Labor of Love The LVMH Virtuosos form a community, acting as ambassadors for their respective maisons, participating in specialized development masterclasses and taking an active role in mentoring. — Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2026 Vendors will often find their strongest ambassadors among their internal developer team because their hard work and innovation drives the product. — Kevin Cochrane, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026 McDavid has been featured in BetMGM’s responsible gambling initiatives since joining BetMGM’s roster of ambassadors in March 2022. — Sportico Staff, Sportico.com, 16 Oct. 2026 The ambassadors met most recently at the State Department in September, and another round of negotiations is expected this month in Rome. — Margaret Brennan, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026 Rabbi Moishe Kievman and his wife are the ambassadors of The Rebbe to Highland Lakes. — Rabbi Moishe Kievman, Sun Sentinel, 13 Oct. 2026 These hostesses greased the gears of power in the capital, and an invitation to their dinners was a chance to rub shoulders with Cabinet members and ambassadors and, occasionally, a bona fide celebrity. — Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 8 Oct. 2026 Though many countries send politicians abroad as ambassadors, America’s diplomatic service is unique in two ways. — Donald Heflin, The Conversation, 7 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ambassadors
  1. representatives
  2. envoys
  3. delegates
  4. ministers
Noun
  • Jong-kyu Hwang, Hanwha Power’s Vice President of Technology Solutions, attended alongside senior ABS representatives.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Its sales representatives are individually building personal Gmail scripts, at night, in Google Apps Script, to survive an inbox that the AI-first version of the same company would have automated a year ago.
    — Stephen Messer, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of representatives
Noun
  • Meanwhile, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters that Moscow hopes a meeting in Russia between the envoys and Russian President Vladimir Putin can be organized soon, perhaps as early as Wednesday.
    — Hanna Arhirova, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The Republican president's special envoys such as Steve Witkoff, Jared Kushner and Tom Barrack have taken the lead on those matters.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of envoys
Noun
  • Late last month, roughly 100 dockworker delegates from four countries rallied outside DP World’s Centerm terminal at the Port of Vancouver, following an international anti-automation summit that included Montreal’s own CUPE Local 375.
    — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The French gêne par procuration delegates discomfort, while the German Fremdschämen means foreign shame.
    — Eugenie Brinkema, ARTnews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of delegates
Noun
  • The initiative is also part of a cooperation Program for the cinema and audiovisual sectors signed in June 2026 by Italian and French cultural ministers, and with an expert group meeting for the first time at the MIA conference.
    — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 19 Oct. 2026
  • With tensions rising between Israel’s far-right ministers and Hamas, the arrangement had run its course, Qatar believed.
    — Eric Cortellessa, Time, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of ministers

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