ambassador-at-large

noun

am·​bas·​sa·​dor-at-large am-ˈba-sə-dər-ˈat-ˈlärj How to pronounce ambassador-at-large (audio)
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plural ambassadors-at-large
: a minister of the highest rank not accredited to a particular foreign government or sovereign

Examples of ambassador-at-large in a Sentence

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Last month, Rodion Miroshnik -- a Foreign Ministry ambassador-at-large responsible for analyzing Ukrainian attacks in Russia -- told the TASS state news agency that 15 people were killed and 140 injured during one week of attacks in August. David Brennan, ABC News, 2 Sep. 2025 Congressman Mark Walker was nominated in April to serve as ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom and his background and record offer great promise. Miles P. J. Windsor, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Aug. 2025 Nathaniel Fick, ambassador-at-large for cyberspace and digital policy. Catherine Stupp, WSJ, 12 June 2023 In 2019, the TFD organized its inaugural regional forum on religious freedom, and my government appointed its first ambassador-at-large for religious freedom. Tsai Ing-Wen, Foreign Affairs, 5 Oct. 2021

Word History

First Known Use

1868, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of ambassador-at-large was in 1868

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“Ambassador-at-large.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ambassador-at-large. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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