/mhw>, n. [ See Embassador. ] 1. A minister of the highest rank sent to a foreign court to represent there his sovereign or country. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Ambassadors are either ordinary [ or resident ] or extraordinary, that is, sent upon some special or unusual occasion or errand. Abbott. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An official messenger and representative. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. ambassadeur, Sp. embajador, LL. ambassiator, ambasciator. See Embassy, and cf. Ambassador. ] Same as Ambassador. [ 1913 Webster ]

Stilbon, that was a wise embassadour,
Was sent to Corinth. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Myself my king's embassador will go. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. ambassadorial. ] Same as Ambassadorial. [ 1913 Webster ]