Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Embassador"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ambassador \Am*bas"sa*dor\, Embassador \Em*bas"sa*dor\, n. [See
{Embassador}.]
1. A minister of the highest rank sent to a foreign court to
represent there his sovereign or country.
Note: Ambassadors are either ordinary [or resident] or
extraordinary, that is, sent upon some special or
unusual occasion or errand. --Abbott.
2. An official messenger and representative.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Embassador \Em*bas"sa*dor\, n. [F. ambassadeur, Sp. embajador,
LL. ambassiator, ambasciator. See {Embassy}, and cf.
{Ambassador}.]
Same as {Ambassador}.
Stilbon, that was a wise embassadour, Was sent to
Corinth. --Chaucer.
Myself my king's embassador will go. --Dryden.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
embassador
n : a diplomat of the highest rank; accredited as representative
from one country to another [syn: {ambassador}]
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