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EMBASSY

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Dictionary entry overview: What does embassy mean?

• EMBASSY (noun)
The noun EMBASSY has 2 senses:

1. a diplomatic building where ambassadors live or work
2. an ambassador and his entourage collectively

Familiarity information: EMBASSY used as a noun is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• EMBASSY (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A diplomatic building where ambassadors live or work

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("embassy" is a kind of...):

diplomatic building (government building in which diplomats live or work)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

An ambassador and his entourage collectively

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("embassy" is a kind of...):

commission; delegacy; delegation; deputation; mission (a group of representatives or delegates)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "embassy"):

High Commission (an embassy of one British Commonwealth country to another)

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