Obs. [a. mod.Fr. ambassadrice, fem. of ambassadeur: see -RICE.] An ambassador’s wife.
1683. Temple, Mem., Wks. 1731, I. 452. The Evening Entertainments … in the Apartments of the several Ambassadrices.
1687. Lond. Gaz., mmccxciii/4. The Ambassadrice intends to continue at Bagnania near Rome till the ceremony is over.
