Messenger vs Ambassador - What's the difference?
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One who brings messages.
(nautical) A light line with which a heavier line may be hauled e.g. from the deck of a ship to the pier.
The supporting member of an aerial cable (electric power or telephone or data).
(legal) A person appointed to perform certain ministerial duties under bankrupt and insolvent laws, such as to take charge of the estate of the bankrupt or insolvent.
A minister of the highest rank sent to a foreign court to represent there his sovereign or country. (Sometimes called ambassador-in-residence )
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An official messenger and representative.
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A corporate representative, often the public face of the company.
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.
Syntax usage: In English the preferred constuction is ambassador to , example: The French ambassador to the United States .
As nouns the difference between messenger and ambassador
is that messenger is one who brings messages while ambassador is a minister of the highest rank sent to a foreign court to represent there his sovereign or country. (Sometimes called ambassador-in-residence.As a verb messenger
is to send something by messenger.messenger
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(wikipedia messenger)Noun
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