- 1an official who lives in a foreign country as the senior representative there of his or her own country the American Ambassador to Italy/in Rome a former ambassador to the UN
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- 2(figurative) The best ambassadors for the sport are the players. see goodwill ambassador
NAmE//æmˌbæsəˈdɔriəl//, NAmE//əmˌbæsəˈdɔriəl//
adjectiveSee ambassador in the Oxford Advanced Learner's DictionaryCheck pronunciation: ambassador