Turkish - English
Definition of sefiri in Turkish English dictionary
- ambassador
- A trick to duck some ignorant fellow or landsman, frequently played on board ships in the warm latitudes. It is thus managed: A large tub is filled with water, and two stools placed on each side of it. Over the whole is thrown a tarpaulin, or old sail: this is kept tight by two persons, who are to represent the king and queen of a foreign country, and are seated on the stools. The person intended to be ducked plays the Ambassador, and after repeating a ridiculous speech dictated to him, is led in great form up to the throne, and seated between the king and queen, who rising suddenly as soon as he is seated, he falls backwards into the tub of water. (1811 Dictionary of Vulgar Tongue)
- {n} a minister of the highest rank, better written Embassador, which see
- {i} diplomatic official sent to a state as a representative of another state
- A minister of the highest rank sent to a foreign court to represent there his sovereign or country
- An official messenger and representative
- An ambassador is an important official who lives in a foreign country and represents his or her own country's interests there. the German ambassador to Poland. Highest-ranking diplomatic representative of one government to another or to an international organization. As formally defined and recognized at the Congress of Vienna (1815), ambassadors were originally regarded as personal representatives of their country's chief executive rather than of the whole country, and their rank entitled them to meet personally with the head of state of the host country. Originally, only the principal monarchies exchanged ambassadors; the U.S. did not appoint ambassadors until 1893. Since 1945 all nations have been recognized as equals, and ambassadors or their equivalents are sent to all countries with which diplomatic relations are maintained. Before the development of modern communications, ambassadors were entrusted with extensive powers; they have since been reduced to spokespeople for their foreign offices
- a diplomat of the highest rank; accredited as representative from one country to another an informal representative; "an ambassador of good will
- A trick to duck some ignorant fellow or landsman, frequently played on board ships in the warm latitudes. It is thus managed: A large tub is filled with water, and two stools placed on each side of it. Over the whole is thrown a tarpaulin, or old sail: this is kept tight by two persons, who are to represent the king and queen of a foreign country, and are seated on the stools. The person intended to be ducked plays the Ambassador, and after repeating a ridiculous speech dictated to him, is led in great form up to the throne, and seated between the king and queen, who rising suddenly as soon as he is seated, he falls backwards into the tub of water
- sefir
- embassador
- sefir
- envoi
- sefir
- legation
- sefir
- legate
- sefir
- Ambassador
- sefir
- ambassador; envoy
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Turkish - Turkish
Definition of sefiri in Turkish Turkish dictionary
- SEFİR
- (Osmanlı Dönemi) Elçi. Bir devletten diğer devlete bazı işler için gönderilen memur
- sefir
- Büyükelçi
- SEFİR
- (Hukuk) Elçi
- SEFİR
- (Osmanlı Dönemi) Islık sesi
- sefir
- Elçi: "Bu sefirlerin ... kambiyo işlerinde mühim rolleri var."- P. Safa