Ambassador

am-bas′a-dur, n. a diplomatic minister of the highest order sent by one sovereign power to another:— fem. Amba ′adre .— adj. Amba adō′rial .— n. Amba ′adorship .— n. Amba ′age —now usually Emba age , the position, or the busine , of an amba ador: a number of men despatched on an emba y or mi ion.— Amba ador Extraordinary , an amba ador sent on a special occasion, as distinguished from the ordinary or resident amba ador. [It. a mba sci adore —L. ambactus , derived by Grimm from Goth. and bahts , a servant, whence Ger. amt , office; by Zeu and others traced to a Celtic source, and identified with W. amaeth , a husbandman.]