'Ambassador' definitions:
Definition of 'ambassador'
From: WordNet
noun
A diplomat of the highest rank; accredited as representative from one country to another [syn: ambassador, embassador]
noun
An informal representative; "an ambassador of good will"
Definition of 'Ambassador'
From: Easton
- Ambassador In the Old Testament the Hebrew word _tsir_, meaning "one who goes on an errand," is rendered thus (Josh. 9:4; Prov. 13:17; Isa. 18:2; Jer. 49:14; Obad. 1:1). This is also the rendering of _melits_, meaning "an interpreter," in 2 Chr. 32:31; and of _malak_, a "messenger," in 2 Chr. 35:21; Isa. 30:4; 33:7; Ezek. 17:15. This is the name used by the apostle as designating those who are appointed by God to declare his will (2 Cor. 5:20; Eph. 6:20).
- The Hebrews on various occasions and for various purposes had recourse to the services of ambassadors, e.g., to contract alliances (Josh. 9:4), to solicit favours (Num. 20:14), to remonstrate when wrong was done (Judg. 11:12), to condole with a young king on the death of his father (2 Sam. 10:2), and to congratulate a king on his accession to the throne (1 Kings 5:1).
- To do injury to an ambassador was to insult the king who sent him (2 Sam. 10:5).
Synonyms of 'ambassador'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- agent,
- ambassadress,
- apostolic delegate,
- attache,
- career diplomat,
- chancellor,
- charge,
- commercial attache,
- consul,
- consul general,
- consular agent,
- delegate,
- deputy,
- diplomat,
- diplomatic,
- diplomatic agent,
- diplomatist,
- emissary,
- envoy,
- envoy extraordinary,
- foreign service officer,
- internuncio,
- legate,
- messenger,
- military attache,
- minister,
- minister plenipotentiary,
- minister resident,
- nuncio,
- plenipotentiary,
- representative,
- resident,
- secretary of legation,
- vice-consul,
- vice-legate