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# A minister of the highest rank sent to a foreign court to represent there his sovereign or country. | # A minister of the highest rank sent to a foreign court to represent there his sovereign or country. | ||
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# {{1811}} A trick to duck some ignorant fellow or landsman, frequently played on board ships in the warm latitudes. It is thus managed: A large tub is filled with water, and two stools placed on each side of it. Over the whole is thrown a tarpaulin, or old sail: this is kept tight by two persons, who are to represent the king and queen of a foreign country, and are seated on the stools. The person intended to be ducked plays the Ambassador, and after repeating a ridiculous speech dictated to him, is led in great form up to the throne, and seated between the king and queen, who rising suddenly as soon as he is seated, he falls backwards into the tub of water. (1811 ''Dictionary of Vulgar Tongue'') | # {{1811}} A trick to duck some ignorant fellow or landsman, frequently played on board ships in the warm latitudes. It is thus managed: A large tub is filled with water, and two stools placed on each side of it. Over the whole is thrown a tarpaulin, or old sail: this is kept tight by two persons, who are to represent the king and queen of a foreign country, and are seated on the stools. The person intended to be ducked plays the Ambassador, and after repeating a ridiculous speech dictated to him, is led in great form up to the throne, and seated between the king and queen, who rising suddenly as soon as he is seated, he falls backwards into the tub of water. (1811 ''Dictionary of Vulgar Tongue'') | ||
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Latest revision as of 07:07, 11 May 2014
Contents
English
Alternative forms
- ambassadour (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English ambassadore, from Anglo-Norman ambassaduer, ambassateur, from Old Italian ambassatore, ambassadore, from Old Provençal ambaisador (“ambassador”), derivative of ambaissa (“service, mission, errand”), of Germanic origin, from Gothic (andbahti, “service, function”), from Proto-Germanic *ambahtijan (“service, office”), derivative of Proto-Germanic *ambahtaz (“servant”), of Celtic origin, from Gaulish *{{ Template:Cel/script |ambactos| face=term | lang=cel }} (“servant”), from Proto-Indo-European *ambhi- (“around”) + Proto-Indo-European *ag'- (“to drive”). More at umbe, agent.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA: /æmˈbæs.ə.də(ɹ)/, SAMPA: /{m"b{[email protected]@(r\)/
- (US) IPA: /æmˈbæs.ə.dɚ/, /æmˈbæs.əˌdɔɹ/, SAMPA: /{m"[email protected]@`\/, /{m"b{[email protected]\/
Noun
Ambassador (plural Ambassadors)- A minister of the highest rank sent to a foreign court to represent there his sovereign or country.
- An official messenger and representative.
- (obsolete, slang) A trick to duck some ignorant fellow or landsman, frequently played on board ships in the warm latitudes. It is thus managed: A large tub is filled with water, and two stools placed on each side of it. Over the whole is thrown a tarpaulin, or old sail: this is kept tight by two persons, who are to represent the king and queen of a foreign country, and are seated on the stools. The person intended to be ducked plays the Ambassador, and after repeating a ridiculous speech dictated to him, is led in great form up to the throne, and seated between the king and queen, who rising suddenly as soon as he is seated, he falls backwards into the tub of water. (1811 Dictionary of Vulgar Tongue)
Related terms
Translations
minister
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representative
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See also
Categories:
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms derived from Anglo-Norman
- English terms derived from Italian
- English terms derived from Old Provençal
- English terms derived from Germanic languages
- English terms derived from Gothic
- English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- English terms derived from Celtic languages
- English terms derived from Gaulish
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English nouns
- Classic 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
- English terms with obsolete senses
- English slang
