| 单词 | introductor of ambassadors |
| 释义 | > as lemmasintroductor of ambassadors b. One whose office it is to introduce persons at court; esp. introductor of ambassadors (French introducteur des ambassadeurs): see quot. 1706. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > [noun] > introduction > one who introduces > specific at court introductor1662 1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors v. 271 Jesaul Senhobet, who is as it were the Introductor, or Master of the Ceremonies. a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1651 (1955) III. 43 We were accompanied [at the French court] both going, & returning, by the Introductor of Ambassadors, & Ayd of Ceremonies. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) (at cited word) An Introductor of Ambassadors,..a Master of Ceremonies, that brings them to Audience in a Prince's Court. 1774 H. Swinburne in Crts. Europe Close last Cent. (1841) I. 9 About eleven, the introductors gave notice of the king's levee being ready, and so..we trudged up stairs. 1788 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall (1846) V. liii. 246 The introductor and interpreter of foreign ambassadors were the great Chiaous and the Dragoman. 1834 W. Beckford Italy; with Sketches Spain & Portugal II. 344 You must come with me immediately to the Infanta and Don Gabriel… I am to be your introductor. < as lemmas |
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