Ambassador
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
[Lat. legatus; L. Lat. ambasciator, ambassiator, q. v.] In international law. A diplomatic minister or agent; a person sent by one sovereign power to another, with authority to treat on affairs of state.
4 Inst. 153. 1 Kent's Com. 39. Tomlins.
Ambassadors belong to the first class of public ministers. Wheaton's Elem. Intern.
Law, 264.