ambassadorn.

Brit.

/amˈbasədə/, U.S.

/æmˈbæsədər/,

/əmˈbæsədər/

Forms:

α. late Middle English ambassiadour, late Middle English hambassiatour, late Middle English–1500s ambassiatour; Scottish pre-1700 ambassiadour, pre-1700 ambassiatour, pre-1700 ambassiatoure, pre-1700 ambassyatour, pre-1700 ambaxiatour.

β. late Middle English ambasadour, late Middle English ambascetur, late Middle English ambassadeur, late Middle English ambassatour, late Middle English ambassatoure, late Middle English ambassitour, late Middle English ambaxadeur, late Middle English ambaxadour, late Middle English ambaxatour, late Middle English ambaxatoure, late Middle English ambessedour, late Middle English–1700s ambassadour, 1500s ambasadowr, 1500s ambassadoure, 1500s ambassatior, 1500s ambassator, 1500s ambassatur, 1500s–1600s ambasador, 1500s–1600s ambassadovr, 1500s– ambassador, 1600s ambassudour; also Scottish pre-1700 ambassadar, pre-1700 ambassadeur, pre-1700 ambassadour, pre-1700 ambassaldour, pre-1700 ambassator, pre-1700 ambassatour, pre-1700 ambassatowr, pre-1700 ambassatur, pre-1700 ambaxadour, pre-1700 ambaxatour, pre-1700 1700s– ambassador; N.E.D. (1884) also records a form late Middle English ambaxator.

See also embassador n.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French ambassadour; Latin ambasciator.

Etymology: Partly (i) < Anglo-Norman ambassadour, ambassateur, ambassatour, ambassiatour, ambaxiatour, Anglo-Norman and Middle French ambassiateur, ambaxadeur, Middle French ambasadour, ambassadeur, ambasseteur, ambaxateur, ambaxiateur (French ambassadeur ) envoy, emissary (1326 as ambasseteur ), person charged with a diplomatic mission to a foreign sovereign or country (1366; senses 2 and 3 are not paralleled in French until later than in English: c1580 and 1584 respectively) < Italian ambasciatore (13th cent. as †ambaxatore , †ambasciadore ) < Old Occitan ambayssador (although this is apparently first attested later than in Italian: c1300; also ambaichador ; < ambayssada ambassade n. + -or -or suffix); and partly (ii) < post-classical Latin ambasciator, ambassiator, ambasiator, ambaxiator person charged with a diplomatic mission to a foreign sovereign or country (frequently from late 12th cent. in continental (especially Italian) sources and from 13th cent. in British sources; also embassiator, imbassiator: see embassador n.) < ambasciat- , past participial stem of ambasciare (see ambassade n.) + -or -or suffix. Compare slightly earlier embassador n., and see the note at that entry on spelling variation.Compare Catalan ambaixador (1325; < Old Occitan), Spanish †ambaxador (late 14th cent.; now embajador embassador n.; < Old Occitan), Portuguese †anbaixador (14th cent.; now embaixador embassador n.; < French), and ( < Italian, with suffix substitution: see -eur suffix) Old French ambasseor (1265; also ambasaor , ambessour ; Middle French ambasseur , ambaxeur ). Specific forms. The α. forms, and corresponding forms in the Romance languages, directly or indirectly reflect post-classical Latin ambascia and its word family; compare similar forms at ambassade n. On the historical variation between the spellings ambassador and embassador see note in etymology at embassador n.

1. A person formally commissioned (alone, or as one of a party) to convey a message from or to a monarch or other authority; an envoy, an emissary; esp. a minister of high rank sent on a diplomatic or political mission by one monarch or state to another. Now chiefly historical.In later use frequently in ambassador extraordinary n. at Compounds, to distinguish this use from sense 2. Cf. also ambassador-at-large at sense 5.

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1417 in H. Nicolas Proc. & Ordinances Privy Council (1834) II. 237 (MED) At the metyng of the forsayd ambassiatours.

?a1425 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (Harl. 3943) (1883) iv. l. 145 Þambassiatours [a1413 Pierpoint Morgan thembassadours] hem answerd for final.

1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. ccxxxix^v I wyll sende Ambassadours to the assemblye with large commission.

1655 H. L'Estrange Reign King Charles 136 An Ambassador..sent to congratulate with their Majesties, the happy birth of their second Daughter.

1788 Ann. Reg. 1786 Characters 22/1 The ambassador should be..dispatched for England, with one only instruction from France,..That he should demand a speedy answer from the parliament.

1860 T. D. Woolsey Introd. Internat. Law (1879) iv. 132 Ambassadors in ancient times were sent on special occasions by one nation to another. Their residence at foreign courts is a practice of modern growth.

1998 D. Thomas Four Georgian & Pre-revolutionary Plays 238 To visit the Duke of Massa as an ambassador in order to make arrangements for the prince's marriage with the duke's daughter.

2. A diplomat of the highest rank appointed and accredited as the resident representative of a monarch or state in a foreign court or state. In later use also more fully ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary.Also called ordinary ambassador, resident ambassador, ledger ambassador (see the first elements); ambassador in ordinary (cf. ordinary n. Phrases 2).Recorded earliest in ordinary ambassador.The rank of ‘ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary’ was formally created as the highest diplomatic rank by the Congress of Vienna of 1815, and was originally restricted to diplomats of the ‘Great Powers’ (the United Kingdom, the Austrian Empire, Prussia, France, and Russia). The Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations (1961) simplified the ranks and protocols codified in 1815, designating the equivalent rank simply as ‘ambassador’; however, the full title is still used in some (typically formal) contexts.

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1524 R. Copland tr. J. de Bourbon Syege Cyte of Rodes in Begynnynge Ordre Knyghtes Hospytallers sig. E.11 Two ordynary ambassadours were chosen for them, one Nycholas Uergoty, and the other Piero of saynt Cretyce.

1655 Publick Intelligencer 17 Mar. 429 The Sieur de Lyonne, who hath been Ambassador for France in the Court of Rome.

1798 T. Grenville Let. 19 Nov. in Duke of Buckingham Mem. Court & Cabinets George III (1853) II. 417 This last high honour will facilitate the means of increasing the establishment of Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to that of Ambassador in Ordinary.

1880 W. Cory Guide Mod. Eng. Hist. I. 158 An Ambassador, unlike other ministers, has a right to a personal interview with the Sovereign of the country in which he resides.

1952 Americas 9 171 The discourse which His Holiness Pius XII, on March 12, 1952, delivered in the presence of the first Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Paraguay, Doctor Don Emilio O'Leary.

2009 D. Blinken in V. Blinken & D. Blinken Vera & Ambassador 71 The first thing I discovered on my first day as the fully credentialed U.S. ambassador to Hungary was a long line of Hungarians snaking around the outside of our embassy building.

3. An appointed or official messenger; a person who speaks or acts on another's behalf; a person's representative.

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society > communication > information > message > [noun] > messenger > official messenger

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1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. ii. vi. f. xliij^v The messenger and ambassadour of Iesu Christ [L. legatus Iesu Christi].

1677 A. Behn Rover iv. ii. 59 This small Ambassador comes not from a Person of Quality as you Imagine, and he says: but from a very Errant Gipsie.

1744 M. Akenside Pleasures Imagination iii. 111 Take homage of the simple-minded throng—Ambassadors of Heaven!

1836 F. Marryat Japhet III. xviii. 204 I require no ambassador from the ladies in question.

1859 C. Dickens Let. 11 Mar. (1997) IX. 36 My American ambassador pays a thousand pounds for the first year, for the privilege of republishing in America one day after we publish here.

2011 C. Guscott Face of Hope 165 David Crawford, acting as my ambassador, introduced me to the governing body of the Lions Club International.

4. A representative or promoter of a specified cause; a spokesperson, an advocate. See also goodwill ambassador n. at goodwill n. Compounds 3.

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1611 Bible (King James) Ephesians vi. 20 That I may open my mouth boldly, to make knowen the mysterie of the Gospel: For which I am an ambassador in bonds.

1761 tr. C. Batteux Course Belles Lettres IV. iii. §2 ii. 48 Those who are authorised by the divine mission may indeed be allowed to present themselves with the utmost confidence, as being ambassadors of the truth.

1841 Jrnl. Amer. Temperance Union Jan. 8/1 Nobles, and clergy, have been seen..listening to the humble ambassador of temperance.

1938 Daily Mail 24 Dec. 9/7 Lord Nuffield is leaving England after Christmas to go on a world tour as an ambassador for British industry.

2010 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 11 Aug. d3/2 Like more and more bartenders, he has become what the industry calls a brand ambassador, and a layman might call a liquor salesman.

5. ambassador-at-large: a diplomat or minister or the highest rank who represents a nation or head of state on specific issues, without being attached to a particular foreign state or embassy. Later also: spec. (U.S.) an official, typically the head of a particular Office of the Department of State, whose role is to oversee United States foreign policy on a specific international issue, such as war crimes, women's rights, or religious freedom. Also in extended use; cf. sense 4.In the general sense, an ambassador-at-large typically has responsibility for representing his or her nation's interests across a particular region, or holds a seat in an international organization such as the United Nations.The rank of ambassador-at-large in the specific U.S. sense was first established in 1949.

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1868 In Senate: Rep. to accompany Bill S. No. 217 11 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (40th Congr., 2nd Sess: Senate Rep. 117) I. The unusual honor recently conferred by that government upon a citizen of this country was not alone because of his fitness as an ambassador at large.

1908 Busy Man's Mag. Sept. 122/1 If he ever does get his deserts, he will be designated as ambassador-at-large for the Canadian Pacific Railway.

1952 World Today Feb. 57 The President also appoints personal representatives and ambassadors-at-large for special missions.

2004 9/11 Comm. Rep. (National Comm. Terrorist Attacks U.S.) iii. 94 As an ‘ambassador at large’, this official sought to increase the visibility of counterterrorism matters within the [State] department.

Compounds

ambassador extraordinary n. (also extraordinary ambassador) [after French ambassadeur extraordinaire (1586 or earlier in Middle French)] a high-ranking diplomat sent on a diplomatic or political mission from one monarch or state to another; a non-resident ambassador; cf. sense 1.

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1603 tr. J. Hotman Ambassador sig. B2^v They may be named extraordinary Ambassadors [Fr. Ambassadeurs extraordinaires], who returne assoone as that affaire is dispatched.

1757 D. Hume Hist. Great Brit. II. i. 40 They immediately dispatched Paw, pensionary of Holland, as their ambassador extraordinary to London.

1838 T. Raikes Jrnl. 25 Apr. (1858) II. 92 The coronation of our Queen is fixed for June: there will be no extraordinary ambassador sent from hence [sc. Paris].

1996 Baltic News Service (Nexis) 30 Jan. Head of the Russian delegation, ambassador extraordinary Vasily Svirin, said there was only one conceptual difference between the Estonian and Russian positions.

ambassador ledger n. see ledger-ambassador at ledger adj. 1.

ambassador plenipotentiary n. (also plenipotentiary ambassador) [after French ambassadeur plénipotentiaire (1647 or earlier)] now chiefly historical an ambassador with full authority to sign treaties and otherwise act on behalf of the state or monarch he or she represents.

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1659 J. Davies tr. G. de Costes de La Calprenède Hymen's Præludia: 9th & 10th Pts. ix. iv. 179 Sending plenipotentiary Ambassadours to Caesar,..to demand of him the Princesse Julia in marriage.

1896 Irish World 4 Jan. 5/1 Disraeli gave that pledge chiefly to keep the Russians from a further advance. But he was Ambassador Plenipotentiary, and the England who sent him was bound by his pledge.

2010 A. C. Harrison Little Rock Boyhood v. 178 I advanced through every rank from Page to Ambassador Plenipotentiary in three years.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	ambassador
释义	ambassadorn. Brit. /amˈbasədə/, U.S. /æmˈbæsədər/, /əmˈbæsədər/ Forms: α. late Middle English ambassiadour, late Middle English hambassiatour, late Middle English–1500s ambassiatour; Scottish pre-1700 ambassiadour, pre-1700 ambassiatour, pre-1700 ambassiatoure, pre-1700 ambassyatour, pre-1700 ambaxiatour. β. late Middle English ambasadour, late Middle English ambascetur, late Middle English ambassadeur, late Middle English ambassatour, late Middle English ambassatoure, late Middle English ambassitour, late Middle English ambaxadeur, late Middle English ambaxadour, late Middle English ambaxatour, late Middle English ambaxatoure, late Middle English ambessedour, late Middle English–1700s ambassadour, 1500s ambasadowr, 1500s ambassadoure, 1500s ambassatior, 1500s ambassator, 1500s ambassatur, 1500s–1600s ambasador, 1500s–1600s ambassadovr, 1500s– ambassador, 1600s ambassudour; also Scottish pre-1700 ambassadar, pre-1700 ambassadeur, pre-1700 ambassadour, pre-1700 ambassaldour, pre-1700 ambassator, pre-1700 ambassatour, pre-1700 ambassatowr, pre-1700 ambassatur, pre-1700 ambaxadour, pre-1700 ambaxatour, pre-1700 1700s– ambassador; N.E.D. (1884) also records a form late Middle English ambaxator. See also embassador n. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French ambassadour; Latin ambasciator. Etymology: Partly (i) < Anglo-Norman ambassadour, ambassateur, ambassatour, ambassiatour, ambaxiatour, Anglo-Norman and Middle French ambassiateur, ambaxadeur, Middle French ambasadour, ambassadeur, ambasseteur, ambaxateur, ambaxiateur (French ambassadeur ) envoy, emissary (1326 as ambasseteur ), person charged with a diplomatic mission to a foreign sovereign or country (1366; senses 2 and 3 are not paralleled in French until later than in English: c1580 and 1584 respectively) < Italian ambasciatore (13th cent. as †ambaxatore , †ambasciadore ) < Old Occitan ambayssador (although this is apparently first attested later than in Italian: c1300; also ambaichador ; < ambayssada ambassade n. + -or -or suffix); and partly (ii) < post-classical Latin ambasciator, ambassiator, ambasiator, ambaxiator person charged with a diplomatic mission to a foreign sovereign or country (frequently from late 12th cent. in continental (especially Italian) sources and from 13th cent. in British sources; also embassiator, imbassiator: see embassador n.) < ambasciat- , past participial stem of ambasciare (see ambassade n.) + -or -or suffix. Compare slightly earlier embassador n., and see the note at that entry on spelling variation.Compare Catalan ambaixador (1325; < Old Occitan), Spanish †ambaxador (late 14th cent.; now embajador embassador n.; < Old Occitan), Portuguese †anbaixador (14th cent.; now embaixador embassador n.; < French), and ( < Italian, with suffix substitution: see -eur suffix) Old French ambasseor (1265; also ambasaor , ambessour ; Middle French ambasseur , ambaxeur ). Specific forms. The α. forms, and corresponding forms in the Romance languages, directly or indirectly reflect post-classical Latin ambascia and its word family; compare similar forms at ambassade n. On the historical variation between the spellings ambassador and embassador see note in etymology at embassador n. 1. A person formally commissioned (alone, or as one of a party) to convey a message from or to a monarch or other authority; an envoy, an emissary; esp. a minister of high rank sent on a diplomatic or political mission by one monarch or state to another. Now chiefly historical.In later use frequently in ambassador extraordinary n. at Compounds, to distinguish this use from sense 2. Cf. also ambassador-at-large at sense 5. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > international politics or relations > diplomacy > [noun] > ambassador or envoy sand1038 sandesman1123 sanderbodec1200 erendes-manc1275 sand-manc1275 legatec1350 embassadora1398 ambassador1417 bassatourc1450 orator1474 messenger1535 vakeel1622 public minister1624 minister1647 envoy1666 wakeel1803 missionary1821 elchee1824 ambassador-at-large1868 1417 in H. Nicolas Proc. & Ordinances Privy Council (1834) II. 237 (MED) At the metyng of the forsayd ambassiatours. ?a1425 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (Harl. 3943) (1883) iv. l. 145 Þambassiatours [a1413 Pierpoint Morgan thembassadours] hem answerd for final. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. ccxxxix^v I wyll sende Ambassadours to the assemblye with large commission. 1655 H. L'Estrange Reign King Charles 136 An Ambassador..sent to congratulate with their Majesties, the happy birth of their second Daughter. 1788 Ann. Reg. 1786 Characters 22/1 The ambassador should be..dispatched for England, with one only instruction from France,..That he should demand a speedy answer from the parliament. 1860 T. D. Woolsey Introd. Internat. Law (1879) iv. 132 Ambassadors in ancient times were sent on special occasions by one nation to another. Their residence at foreign courts is a practice of modern growth. 1998 D. Thomas Four Georgian & Pre-revolutionary Plays 238 To visit the Duke of Massa as an ambassador in order to make arrangements for the prince's marriage with the duke's daughter. 2. A diplomat of the highest rank appointed and accredited as the resident representative of a monarch or state in a foreign court or state. In later use also more fully ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary.Also called ordinary ambassador, resident ambassador, ledger ambassador (see the first elements); ambassador in ordinary (cf. ordinary n. Phrases 2).Recorded earliest in ordinary ambassador.The rank of ‘ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary’ was formally created as the highest diplomatic rank by the Congress of Vienna of 1815, and was originally restricted to diplomats of the ‘Great Powers’ (the United Kingdom, the Austrian Empire, Prussia, France, and Russia). The Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations (1961) simplified the ranks and protocols codified in 1815, designating the equivalent rank simply as ‘ambassador’; however, the full title is still used in some (typically formal) contexts. 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I. 158 An Ambassador, unlike other ministers, has a right to a personal interview with the Sovereign of the country in which he resides. 1952 Americas 9 171 The discourse which His Holiness Pius XII, on March 12, 1952, delivered in the presence of the first Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Paraguay, Doctor Don Emilio O'Leary. 2009 D. Blinken in V. Blinken & D. Blinken Vera & Ambassador 71 The first thing I discovered on my first day as the fully credentialed U.S. ambassador to Hungary was a long line of Hungarians snaking around the outside of our embassy building. 3. An appointed or official messenger; a person who speaks or acts on another's behalf; a person's representative. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > message > [noun] > messenger > official messenger messenger?1316 legatec1350 embassadora1450 pursuivant1503 ambassador1548 chaprasi1879 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. ii. vi. f. xliij^v The messenger and ambassadour of Iesu Christ [L. legatus Iesu Christi]. 1677 A. Behn Rover iv. ii. 59 This small Ambassador comes not from a Person of Quality as you Imagine, and he says: but from a very Errant Gipsie. 1744 M. Akenside Pleasures Imagination iii. 111 Take homage of the simple-minded throng—Ambassadors of Heaven! 1836 F. Marryat Japhet III. xviii. 204 I require no ambassador from the ladies in question. 1859 C. Dickens Let. 11 Mar. (1997) IX. 36 My American ambassador pays a thousand pounds for the first year, for the privilege of republishing in America one day after we publish here. 2011 C. Guscott Face of Hope 165 David Crawford, acting as my ambassador, introduced me to the governing body of the Lions Club International. 4. A representative or promoter of a specified cause; a spokesperson, an advocate. See also goodwill ambassador n. at goodwill n. Compounds 3. ΘΚΠ society > authority > delegated authority > one having delegated or derived authority > [noun] > one who speaks for or on behalf of another whistlec1380 dictourc1440 orator1474 prolocutor?a1475 prelocutor1500 vauntparler1534 paranympha1538 mouth1563 speech1578 speaker1583 promotor1603 ambassador1611 suffragant1613 suffragator1618 mouthpiece1776 linguist1819 megaphone1909 porte-parole1911 spokesperson1972 1611 Bible (King James) Ephesians vi. 20 That I may open my mouth boldly, to make knowen the mysterie of the Gospel: For which I am an ambassador in bonds. 1761 tr. C. Batteux Course Belles Lettres IV. iii. §2 ii. 48 Those who are authorised by the divine mission may indeed be allowed to present themselves with the utmost confidence, as being ambassadors of the truth. 1841 Jrnl. Amer. Temperance Union Jan. 8/1 Nobles, and clergy, have been seen..listening to the humble ambassador of temperance. 1938 Daily Mail 24 Dec. 9/7 Lord Nuffield is leaving England after Christmas to go on a world tour as an ambassador for British industry. 2010 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 11 Aug. d3/2 Like more and more bartenders, he has become what the industry calls a brand ambassador, and a layman might call a liquor salesman. 5. ambassador-at-large: a diplomat or minister or the highest rank who represents a nation or head of state on specific issues, without being attached to a particular foreign state or embassy. Later also: spec. (U.S.) an official, typically the head of a particular Office of the Department of State, whose role is to oversee United States foreign policy on a specific international issue, such as war crimes, women's rights, or religious freedom. Also in extended use; cf. sense 4.In the general sense, an ambassador-at-large typically has responsibility for representing his or her nation's interests across a particular region, or holds a seat in an international organization such as the United Nations.The rank of ambassador-at-large in the specific U.S. sense was first established in 1949. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > international politics or relations > diplomacy > [noun] > ambassador or envoy sand1038 sandesman1123 sanderbodec1200 erendes-manc1275 sand-manc1275 legatec1350 embassadora1398 ambassador1417 bassatourc1450 orator1474 messenger1535 vakeel1622 public minister1624 minister1647 envoy1666 wakeel1803 missionary1821 elchee1824 ambassador-at-large1868 1868 In Senate: Rep. to accompany Bill S. No. 217 11 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (40th Congr., 2nd Sess: Senate Rep. 117) I. The unusual honor recently conferred by that government upon a citizen of this country was not alone because of his fitness as an ambassador at large. 1908 Busy Man's Mag. Sept. 122/1 If he ever does get his deserts, he will be designated as ambassador-at-large for the Canadian Pacific Railway. 1952 World Today Feb. 57 The President also appoints personal representatives and ambassadors-at-large for special missions. 2004 9/11 Comm. Rep. (National Comm. Terrorist Attacks U.S.) iii. 94 As an ‘ambassador at large’, this official sought to increase the visibility of counterterrorism matters within the [State] department. Compounds ambassador extraordinary n. (also extraordinary ambassador) [after French ambassadeur extraordinaire (1586 or earlier in Middle French)] a high-ranking diplomat sent on a diplomatic or political mission from one monarch or state to another; a non-resident ambassador; cf. sense 1. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > international politics or relations > diplomacy > [noun] > ambassador or envoy > extraordinary ambassador extraordinary1603 embassador extraordinary1606 extraordinary1620 society > authority > rule or government > politics > international politics or relations > diplomacy > [noun] > ambassador or envoy > resident ambassador ambassador1524 ledger1548 ledger-ambassador (also ambassador ledger)1550 resident ambassador?1551 ambassador extraordinary1603 embassador1603 1603 tr. J. Hotman Ambassador sig. B2^v They may be named extraordinary Ambassadors [Fr. Ambassadeurs extraordinaires], who returne assoone as that affaire is dispatched. 1757 D. Hume Hist. Great Brit. II. i. 40 They immediately dispatched Paw, pensionary of Holland, as their ambassador extraordinary to London. 1838 T. Raikes Jrnl. 25 Apr. (1858) II. 92 The coronation of our Queen is fixed for June: there will be no extraordinary ambassador sent from hence [sc. Paris]. 1996 Baltic News Service (Nexis) 30 Jan. Head of the Russian delegation, ambassador extraordinary Vasily Svirin, said there was only one conceptual difference between the Estonian and Russian positions. ambassador ledger n. see ledger-ambassador at ledger adj. 1. ambassador plenipotentiary n. (also plenipotentiary ambassador) [after French ambassadeur plénipotentiaire (1647 or earlier)] now chiefly historical an ambassador with full authority to sign treaties and otherwise act on behalf of the state or monarch he or she represents. ΚΠ 1659 J. Davies tr. G. de Costes de La Calprenède Hymen's Præludia: 9th & 10th Pts. ix. iv. 179 Sending plenipotentiary Ambassadours to Caesar,..to demand of him the Princesse Julia in marriage. 1896 Irish World 4 Jan. 5/1 Disraeli gave that pledge chiefly to keep the Russians from a further advance. But he was Ambassador Plenipotentiary, and the England who sent him was bound by his pledge. 2010 A. C. 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