ambassadorial

UK: /æmˌbæsəˈdɔːriəl/

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am•bas•sa•dor /æmˈbæsədɚ, -ˌdɔr/   n. [countable]

1. Government a diplomatic official of the highest rank, sent by one country to live in another as its representative.
2. Government an unofficial representative:
   a good-will ambassador.

am•bas•sa•do•ri•al /æmˌbæsəˈdɔriəl/  adj. 

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am•bas•sa•dor  (am bas′ə dər, -dôr′), n. 

1. Government a diplomatic official of the highest rank, sent by one sovereign or state to another as its resident representative (ambas′sador extraor′dinary and plenipoten′tiary.)
2. Government a diplomatic official of the highest rank sent by a government to represent it on a temporary mission, as for negotiating a treaty.
3. Government a diplomatic official serving as permanent head of a country's mission to the United Nations or some other international organization.
4. Government an authorized messenger or representative. Abbr.: Amb., amb.

• Latin -ātōrem accusative of -ātor -ator
• Italian ambassatore, dialect, dialectal Italian ambassadore, equivalent. to ambass- (see embassy) -atore, -adore
• Anglo-French ambassateur, ambassaduer
• 1325–75; Middle English am-, embass(i)adour, imbassadore

am•bas•sa•do•ri•al  (am bas′ə dôr′ē əl, -dōr′-), adj.  am•bas′sa•do′ri•al•ly, adv. 
am•bas′sa•dor•ship′, n.