ambassador
noun
[ amˈbasədə ]
• an accredited diplomat sent by a state as its permanent representative in a foreign country.
• "the French ambassador to Portugal"
Similar:
envoy,
diplomat,
ambassador extraordinary,
ambassador plenipotentiary,
plenipotentiary,
consul,
attaché,
chargé d'affaires,
emissary,
legate,
(papal) nuncio,
representative,
deputy,
ambassadress,
Origin:
late Middle English: from French ambassadeur, from Italian ambasciator, based on Latin ambactus ‘servant’.
