Etymology: Back-formation < lydger, ledgern. and adj.
Obsolete.
intransitive. To be a ledger ambassador.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > international politics or relations > diplomacy > act or serve as diplomat [verb (intransitive)] > be resident as ambassador
to be, lie ledger1560
lydgea1618
a1618 W. RaleighMaxims of State (1656) 31 [To] have some of his own Lydging abroad about that Princes Court, under colour of Embassage, or some other pretence.
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