- the residence or place of official business of an ambassador
- an ambassador and his or her entourage collectively
- the position, business, or mission of an ambassador
- any important or official mission, duty, etc, esp one undertaken by an agent
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em•bas•sy /ˈɛmbəsi/USA pronunciation
n. [countable], pl. -sies.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- Governmentthe official headquarters of an ambassador.
- Governmenta mission or group of officials and workers who are headed by an ambassador.
em•bas•sy
(em′bə sē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -sies.
- Governmenta body of persons entrusted with a mission to a sovereign or government, esp. an ambassador and his or her staff.
- Governmentthe official headquarters of an ambassador.
- Governmentthe function or office of an ambassador.
- Governmenta mission headed by an ambassador.
- Gaulish, equivalent. to amb- around, ambi- + -act- verbal adjective, adjectival of *ag- drive, lead; compare act, Welsh amaeth husbandman); compare ambassador
- Medieval Latin ambasciāre, derivative of ambascia service, office, derivative, by a Gmc intermediary (compare Gothic andbahti, Old High German ambahti) of Gallo-Latin ambactus retainer, servant (
- Middle French ambassee, Old French ambasce, ambaxee
Old Provencal ambaissada, derivative of embayssar to send a delegate - variant of ambassy 1570–80
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embassy /ˈɛmbəsɪ/ n ( pl -sies)
'embassy' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
ambassador
- chancellery
- chancery
- diplomatic bag
- mission
- phalanx
- picket
- Saarinen
- amateur night
- ambi-
- amt
- asylum
- attaché
- bilingual
- care
- chancellor
- commercial attaché
- contact
- counselor
- cover
- embassage
- evacuate
- legation
- right of asylum
- tumult
- white tie
- secretary