ambassadress

[ am-bas-uh-dris ]

/ æmˈbæs ə drɪs /

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noun

a woman who is an ambassador.

the wife of an ambassador.

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Origin of ambassadress

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

usage note for ambassadress

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

Words nearby ambassadress

ambarella, Ambartsumian, ambary, ambassador, ambassador-at-large, ambassadress, ambatch, Ambato, Ambedkar, ambeer, amber

How to use ambassadress in a sentence

One of my secret seldom-expressed ambitions, even as a girl at College, was to be an Ambassadress.
A Journal from Japan|Marie Carmichael Stopes
Polly asked Davidge to retrieve her husband from the sloe-eyed ambassadress who was hypnotizing him.
The Cup of Fury|Rupert Hughes
I am come on a strange errand, monsieur; as an ambassadress, so to say, of those whom I fear you take to be your enemies.
The Inn at the Red Oak|Latta Griswold
Mrs. Page certainly embodied the traits most desirable in the Ambassadress of a great Republic.
The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume II|Burton J. Hendrick

When the "Ambassadress" came to live in Seville, all the young people had formed a court around her.
The Blood of the Arena|Vicente Blasco Ibez