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单词 ambassatrix
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ambassatrixn.

Brit. /amˈbasətrɪks/, U.S. /æmˈbæsətrɪks/, /əmˈbæsətrɪks/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; perhaps modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: English ambassator , ambassador n., -trix suffix.
Etymology: < ambassator, variant of ambassador n. (see -trix suffix), perhaps after French ambassadrice ambassadrice n. Compare earlier ambassadress n. and later ambassadrix n., ambassatrice n., embassatrix n.Compare post-classical Latin ambassiatrix (a1518).
A female ambassador; = ambassadress n. 1. Also: the wife of an ambassador; = ambassadress n. 2. Cf. ambassadrix n.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > international politics or relations > diplomacy > [noun] > ambassador or envoy > female
embassadress1594
ambassadress1598
ambassatrix1616
ambassatrice1625
ambassadrix1662
1616 P. Hay Vision Balaams Asse v. 101 Pandora, that wretched and fatall Ambassatrix of fierce Nemesis.
1755 E. Palermo Gram. Ital. Lang. iv. 75 To an Ambassador or Ambassatrix, V.E. for Vostra Eccellenza, your Excellency.
1817 Gentleman's Mag. Sept. 267/1 The Lady Ambassatrix, in spite of her elegant manners and amiable society, has scarcely any other visiting acquaintance than the old Dowager Duchess of Benevento.
1952 Light (San Antonio, Texas) 8 Dec. Our ambassatrix to Luxembourg..spread our minuted [sic] julep around Europe like it was ant powder.
1998 Guardian (Nexis) 2 Mar. 7 Magenta Devine, Sophia Loren and Bianca Jagger all belong to that virtuous bunch of sisters with a conscience..the goodwill ambassatrix.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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