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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Imbas(s)ado(u)r, n. Also: imbassadur, -baissadour, inbassadour. [ME. (and e.m.E.) imbassador (1430). Cf. Embassadour, Ambassadour.] An envoy or ambassador.1524 Douglas Corr. 89.
I beleyf the inbassadouris cumis nocht haistly 1545 Ib. 158.
Imbassadurs sowld heif ane pasporte to cum … to ȝour magestis leutenent 1549 Compl. 112/1.
The inbassadours of Kyng Allexander 1579 Edinb. B. Rec. IV. 114.
Lord Humbisden, the Quene of Inglandis imbasadour 1590 Ib. V. 19.
It wes … agreit to mak ane honorable banket to the Dence imbassadour 1619 Garden Elphinstoun 1067.
So rose the Gallick roy, And louinglie imbraces Th' imbassadours
