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ambassador noun
/æmˈbæs.ə.dər /
/-dɚ/ n [C] Definition
an important official who lives in a foreign country to represent his or her own country there, and who is officially accepted in this position by that country
Britain's ambassador in Moscow has refused to comment.
She's a former ambassador to the United States.
Late last night, the French ambassador was summoned to the Foreign Office to discuss the crisis.
(Definition of ambassador noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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