ambassadress

[ am-bas-uh-dris ]

noun

1. a woman who is an ambassador.
2. the wife of an ambassador.

Gender Note

What's the difference between ambassadress and ambassador? See -ess.

Word History and Origins

Origin of ambassadress¹

First recorded in 1585–95; ambassad(o)r + -ess

Example Sentences

Though systemic change is still needed, Hall said, the casting of Santana “sends an important signal … that our state is proud to feature an African American woman as a representative, an ambassadress, for our state.”

From Washington Times

Even without that, an online search could have filled in UN’s outreach officials on growing opposition to sexist depictions of women in comics, to a point that might contraindicate a comic-book ambassadress for women.

From The Guardian

Tellingly, she is pictured on both the front and back covers of the Playbill for “Eclipsed,” first as the play’s plaintive-looking headliner, then as an “ambassadress” for Lancôme, blissfully clutching a bottle of Advanced Génifique.

From The New Yorker

One was a friend of my mother’s who was an ambassadress.

From Washington Post

But, by the time she won the Academy Award, becoming the first Kenyan actress to do so, she had already become a red-carpet darling; Lancôme quickly snapped her up as their ambassadress.

From The New Yorker