Am*bas"sa*dor (&?;), Em*bas"sa*dor (&?;),
n. [See Embassador.] 1. A
minister of the highest rank sent to a foreign court to represent there his
sovereign or country.
&fist; 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 (?), n. [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.
