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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

Example Sentences

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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

But the ambassadress must leave, and she flies off into the twilight as the hero stands at mournful attention on the airstrip.

From Time Magazine Archive

Signor Rovero," said the ambassadress, after a long silence, "since you think me unworthy to share your secret, let us have done with it.

From The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 3, October, 1851 by Various

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