English-Thai Dictionary

embassy

N คณะทูต  ราชทูต  ka-na-tud

 

embassy

N สถานเอกอัครราชทูต  consular office sa-tan-ek-ak-kra-rad-cha-tud

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

EMBASSY

n. 1. The message or public function of an embassador; the charge or employment of a public minister, whether ambassador or envoy; the word signifies the message or commission itself, and the person or persons sent to convey or to execute it. We say the king sent an embassy, meaning an envoy, minister, or ministers; or the king sent a person on an embassy. The embassy consisted of three envoys. The embassy was instructed to inquire concerning the king's disposition.
2. A solemn message.
Eighteen centuries ago, the gospel went forth from Jerusalem on an embassy of mingled authority and love.
3. Ironically, an errand.
[The old orthography, ambassade, ambassage, being obsolete, and embassy established, I have rendered the orthography of embassador conformable to it in the initial letter. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

EMBASSY

Em "bas *sy, n.; pl. Embassies. Etym: [OF. ambassée, embascée, LL. ambasciata, fr. ambasciare for ambactiare to go on a mission, fr. L. ambactus vassal, dependent, of Celtic or German origin; cf. W. amaeth husbandman, Goth. andbahts servant, G. amt office, OHG. ambaht. Cf. Ambassador. ]

 

1. The public function of an ambassador; the charge or business intrusted to an ambassador or to envoys; a public message to; foreign court concerning state affairs; hence, any solemn message. He sends the angels on embassies with his decrees. Jer. Taylor.

 

2. The person or persons sent as ambassadors or envoys; the ambassador and his suite; envoys.

 

3. The residence or office of an ambassador.

 

Note: Sometimes, but rarely, spelled ambassy.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

embassy

em bas sy |ˈembəsē ˈɛmbəsi | ▶noun ( pl. embassies ) 1 the official residence or offices of an ambassador: the Chilean embassy in Moscow. • the staff working in such a building: the embassy denied any involvement in the murder. • the position or function of an ambassador. 2 chiefly historical a deputation or mission sent by one ruler or state to another. ORIGIN late 16th cent. (originally also as ambassy denoting the position of ambassador ): from Old French ambasse, based on Latin ambactus ‘servant. ’ Compare with ambassador .

 

Oxford Dictionary

embassy

em |bassy |ˈɛmbəsi | ▶noun ( pl. embassies ) 1 the official residence or offices of an ambassador: the Chilean embassy in Moscow. • the staff working in an embassy. 2 chiefly historical a deputation or mission sent by one ruler or state to another. ORIGIN late 16th cent. (originally also as ambassy denoting the position of ambassador ): from Old French ambasse, based on Latin ambactus ‘servant ’. Compare with ambassador .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

embassy

embassy noun 1 the Italian embassy: consulate, legation. 2 historical the king sent an embassy to the rebels: envoy, representative, delegate, emissary; delegation, deputation, legation, mission, diplomatic mission.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

embassy

embassy noun 1 the Italian embassy: consulate, legation, ministry. 2 historical Charles sent an embassy to the Lombards: envoy, representative, legate, delegate, emissary; delegation, deputation, delegacy, legation, (diplomatic ) mission; archaic embassage.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

embassy

em bas sy /émbəsi /〖原義は 2 〗名詞 複 -sies /-z /C 〖しばしばE -〗1 大使館 ; 〖集合的に; ｟主に英 ｠では単複両扱い 〗(大使を含む )大使館員 (→ambassador )▸ the American Embassy in Lima リマのアメリカ大使館 2 大使の職 [任務 ].3 外交使節団 .É - R ò w (ワシントン市の )大使館街 .