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EMBASSY Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster Est. 1828 Dictionary Definition Definition Example Sentences Word History Entries Near Cite this Entry Citation Kids Definition Kids More from M-W Show more Show more Citation Kids More from M-W Save Word To save this word, you'll need to log in. Log In embassy noun em·​bas·​sy ˈem-bə-sē plural embassies Synonyms of embassy Simple Definition A Simple Definition is available from our Learner's Dictionary to help you understand the meaning faster. 1 : a body of diplomatic representatives specifically : one headed by an ambassador 2 a : the function or position of an ambassador b : a mission abroad undertaken officially especially by an ambassador 3 : embassage sense 1 4 : the official residence and offices of an ambassador Examples of embassy in a Sentence Protesters marched outside the American embassy . Recent Examples on the Web Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. 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Want to learn more about faraway countries on free embassy tours? — Fritz Hahn, Washington Post , 1 May 2026 Stephen Chung / Xinhua via Getty Images There were also arson attacks on two synagogues in north London, and suspicious items were found near the Israeli embassy in the British capital. — Frank Andrews, CBS News , 30 Apr. 2026 What embassies are participating in the Around the World Embassy Tour? — Mike Stunson, USA Today , 29 Apr. 2026 The relationship between the US and the UK is not confined to embassies and official statements nor indeed any one administration in the White House or 10 Downing Street. — Stephen Doughty, Boston Herald , 27 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for embassy Word History Etymology probably alteration (by substitution of the suffix -y entry 2 ) of embassade, variant (with em- after embassador "ambassador" and other derivatives based on Romance forms with em- em- replacing am- of ambassade ), going back to Middle English ambassiat, ambassiad, ambassate, ambassade "office of an ambassador, diplomatic mission, persons trusted with such a mission," borrowed from Anglo-French ambassiate, ambassade "diplomatic mission" and Middle French ambassade, ambaxade "diplomatic or political mission, persons sent on such a mission, ambassador," borrowed from Italian (13th-century) ambasciata "diplomatic mission, official message," borrowed from Old Occitan ambayssada "diplomatic mission," earlier ambayssat "message," derivatives (with the suffixes of action and result -at, -ada ) of *ambaissa, going back to Late Latin ambascia, ambassia "mission, errand, task, journey," borrowed from Germanic *ambahtja- "service, office" (whence Old English ambiht, embiht "service, ministry," Old Saxon ambaht "office, service," Old High German ambahti "commission, task, obligation, service," Old Icelandic embætti "service, office, task," Gothic andbahti "office, service, assistance"), derivative of *ambahtjōn- or *ambahta- "servant, follower" (whence Old English ombiht, embiht "servant, attendant, officer," Old Saxon ambahtio "servant," Old High German ambaht "servant, holder of a spiritual or lay office," Old Icelandic ambátt "bondwoman, female servant," Gothic andbahts "servant"), borrowed from Celtic *ambaχto- (whence Welsh amaeth "plowman, tillage," Gaulish *ambaktos, in Latin texts as ambactus "servant"), agentive noun from the verbal adjective of *ambi-ag-, whence Old Irish imm‧aig "(s/he) drives around, pursues," going back to Indo-European *h 2 m̥b h i "around" + *h 2 eǵ- "drive" — more at -ade , ambient entry 1 , agent Note: Romance and Medieval Latin forms show frequent fluctuation between initial am- and em- in this family of words; this is conditioned by the replacement of am- by the more transparent verb-forming prefix em-, and perhaps in part also by the homonymy of the two suffixes in medieval French. The form embassy competed in early Modern English with ambassy, but the latter apparently declined by the eighteenth century. Samuel Johnson noted in his dictionary (1755) that "our authors write almost indiscriminately embassador or ambassador, embassage or ambassage ; yet there is scarce an example of ambassy, all concurring to write embassy. " — The hypothesis that Italian ambasciata represents a loan from Old Occitan rather than a direct borrowing from spoken Latin *ambactiāta or from Germanic is based on phonetic developments in Italian: the cluster -kti̯- regularly results in -cci- ( tracciare "to trace, mark out," from *tractiāre ) or -zz- ( drizzare "to direct," from *dīrectiāre ), but not -sci-. — As noted by Ernout and Meillet ( Dictionaire étymologique de la langue latine ), the word ambactus is not naturalized in Latin ("Mot étranger—non pas mot d'emprunt"). Its use is attributed to the early Roman author Ennius by the grammarian Sextus Pompeius Festus: "apud Ennium lingua gallica seruus appellatur … seruus ambactus, i.e. circumactus dicitur" (in the work of Ennius servus ["slave, servant"] is called [by a word in] Gaulish … servus is ambactus, that is to say, "one who is made to go around"); ambactus is not, however, attested in the extant fragments of Ennius's poetry. More light is thrown on the word by Julius Caesar, who uses the word in describing Gaulish social structure ( De bello Gallico, 6.15.2): "… atque eorum ut quisque est genere copiisque amplissimus, ita plurimos circum se ambactos clientesque habet." ("And as each of them [the equites = "knights," as opposed to the druids and the commoners] is distinguished by birth or resources, so he maintains around himself the greater number of ambacti and clients.") Here the word more likely means "follower" or "vassal" than "servant" or "slave," corresponding to its meaning in Germanic ("servant," but also "person fulfilling an official function"). These senses underlie the rich development of the word in Romance languages. The Welsh word amaeth "plowman," however, retains what must have been the original meaning of the deverbal derivative, "one who drives (a plowing ox) around." First Known Use 1549, in the meaning defined at sense 2b Time Traveler The first known use of embassy was in 1549 See more words from the same year Browse Nearby Words embassage embassy embathe See all Nearby Words Cite this Entry Style MLA Chicago APA Merriam-Webster “Embassy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary , Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/embassy. Accessed 5 May. 2026. Copy Citation Kids Definition embassy noun em·​bas·​sy ˈem-bə-sē plural embassies 1 : a group of representatives headed by an ambassador 2 : the position, role, or business of an ambassador 3 : the residence or office of an ambassador More from Merriam-Webster on embassy Thesaurus: All synonyms and antonyms for embassy Nglish: Translation of embassy for Spanish Speakers Britannica.com: Encyclopedia article about embassy Last Updated: 1 May 2026 - Updated example sentences Love words? Need even more definitions? Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free! Merriam-Webster unabridged More from Merriam-Webster Word of the Day augur See Definitions and Examples » Get Word of the Day daily email! Popular in Grammar & Usage See More More Commonly Mispronounced Words 5 Verbal Slip Ups and Language Mistakes Is that lie 'bald-faced' or 'bold-faced'? 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