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ambassadress

American  
[am-bas-uh-dris] / æmˈbæs ə drɪs /

noun

  1. a woman who is an ambassador.

  2. the wife of an ambassador.


Gender

What's the difference between ambassadress and ambassador? See -ess.

Etymology

Origin of ambassadress

First recorded in 1585–95; ambassad(o)r + -ess


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One was a friend of my mother’s who was an ambassadress.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 15, 2015

Makeup artist Genevieve Herr was the one responsible for giving the Lancôme ambassadress her radiant, natural skin.

From Forbes ● Aug. 26, 2014

Mado Robin, 35, a petite ambassadress from the Paris Opera, opened the season as Gilda in Verdi's Rigoletto, determined not to go unnoticed.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Pierre's clothes are perfect for women of any age," clued in the fashion ambassadress, herself wearing a loose-fitting Cardin suit that reached mid-knee.

From Time Magazine Archive

Mrs. Gerard was cosmopolitan, with an American charm, but also with a touch of the older world that always adds to the social value of an ambassadress.

From Ten Years Near the German Frontier A Retrospect and a Warning by Maurice Francis Egan

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