Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A building containing the offices of an ambassador and staff.
- noun The position, function, or assignment of an ambassador.
- noun A mission to a foreign government headed by an ambassador.
- noun A staff of diplomatic representatives headed by an ambassador.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The public function or mission of an ambassador; the charge or employment of a public minister, whether ambassador or envoy; hence, an important mission of any kind: as, he was qualified for the embassy.
- noun A message, as that of an ambassador; a charge committed to a messenger.
- noun A mission, or the person or persons intrusted with a mission; a legation.
- noun The official residence of an ambassador; the ambassadorial building or buildings.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The public function of an ambassador; the charge or business intrusted to an ambassador or to envoys; a public message to; foreign court concerning state affairs; hence, any solemn message.
- noun The person or persons sent as ambassadors or envoys; the ambassador and his suite; envoys.
- noun The residence or office of an ambassador.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The function or duty of an
ambassador . - noun An organization or group of officials who permanently represent a sovereign state in a second sovereign state or with respect to an international organization such as the United Nations.
- noun A temporary mission representing a sovereign state.
- noun The official residence of such a group, or of an
ambassador .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an ambassador and his entourage collectively
- noun a diplomatic building where ambassadors live or work
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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It is known of course to all divines, but not necessarily, perhaps, to every other person, that this turbulent and ambitious patriarch, during what he calls his embassy to Syria, occupied himself in taking down notes of the contents of theological treatises by his predecessors and contemporaries, with his judgments on their merits.
The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author John Hill Burton
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She has offices, which she calls her embassy, and there, with a staff of secretaries, she advises, dictates, revises lists, issues thousands of invitations a week during the season, plans entertainments for practically all of New York society that makes a business of pleasure.
The Living Present Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton 1902
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The British embassy is now accepting injured Iranians
Iran Election Live-Blogging (Saturday June 20) The Huffington Post News Team 2009
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“And now the British embassy is saying that no one asked the Obama administration if the threat was still in place.”
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If Congress gives us the money we are asking for, this embassy is going to be twice the size it is now.
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An official at the Afghanistan embassy is happy that the Afghan officials are informing the strategy review, and comments that the Karzai government looks "forward to forging ahead with a new coordinated and comprehensive regional strategy to overcome the joint challenges that Afghanistan and Pakistan face."
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Harlan's story about the statue at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin that looks down at the French embassy is further proof that watching cagefighting and drinking beer can help history come alive!
Archive 2009-06-14 Tyler 2009
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And now the British embassy is saying that no one asked the Obama administration if the threat was still in place.
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Harlan's story about the statue at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin that looks down at the French embassy is further proof that watching cagefighting and drinking beer can help history come alive!
Recapping UFC 99 Tyler 2009
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August 4th, 2009 2: 51 pm ET when ever america leaves what ever they did will be undone what about cheneys multi billion dollar embassy is it a ware-house now
Top U.S. commander in Iraq disagrees with early pull-out memo 2009
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