ambassador
/æmˈbæs.ə.dɚ/ noun B2- A diplomat of the highest rank sent to a foreign court to represent there their sovereign or country. (Sometimes called ambassador-in-residence)
- An official messenger and representative.
- A corporate representative, often the public face of the company. · As front hall porter, you are an ambassador for the hotel.
- A player who is an excellent role-model and who upholds the integrity of the game and thereby contributes to the sport's popularity and growth.
Plural ambassadors
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And taking the lighted torch from the hands of the herdsman, he preceded his guests, not as a servant who performs an act of civility, but like a king who precedes ambassadors.
They talk of making him an ambassador.”
There is the French ambassador, there is the Russian, there is whoever might sell it to either of these, and there is Lord Holdhurst.”
After these preparations he signified that the two men should be brought before him, and greeted them with this salutation: “What sort of a king do I seem to you to be, O strangers?” The Lying Traveler replied, “You seem to me a most mighty king.” “And what is your estimate of those you see around me?” “These,” he made answer, “are worthy companions of yourself, fit at least to be ambassadors and leaders of armies.” The Ape and all his court, gratified with the lie, commanded that a handsome present be given to the flatterer.
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