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Latin and Old
French amb****ador from Old
French emb****adeur, from
Latin ambactus, from
Gaulish *ambactos, "servant", "henchman", "one who goes about". basin...
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Amtmann is
derived from ambet-ambachtos - "one sent round", Celtic:
Latin ambactus "envoy", "herold", "servant", French, amb****adeur, "amb****ador". By contrast...
- ambay****ada 'emb****y', from
ambaissa 'service, duty' 'hostage', fr Gaul
ambactus 'dependant, v****al' OIr amos,
amsach 'mercenary, servant', Ir
amhas 'wild...
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involved in a patron-client
relationship that has been
compared to the
Gallic ambactus, and the size of his army (600 men)
illustrates the
concentration of a...
