noun
Meaning 1
The post or office of ambassador.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
ambassadorship
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noun
Meaning 2
the post of ambassador
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: position, post, berth, office, spot, billet, place, situation
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English ambassador Proto-Germanic *skapjaną Proto-Germanic *-skapiz Proto-West Germanic *-skapi Old English -sċiepe Middle English -schipe English -ship English ambassadorship From ambassador + -ship.
Across languages
Translations
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 大使的職位 /大使的职位 (dàshǐ de zhíwèi) — the post or office of ambassador
- Irish: ambasadóireacht — the post or office of ambassador
- Polish: ambasadorstwo — the post or office of ambassador
- Polish: ambasadorostwo — the post or office of ambassador
- Portuguese: embaixada — the post or office of ambassador
- Ottoman Turkish: ایلچیلك (elçilik) — the post or office of ambassador
- Ottoman Turkish: سفارت (sefâret) — the post or office of ambassador