goodwill ambassador
A public figure who, as a volunteer, is an advocate for a good cause on behalf of a…A public figure who, as a volunteer, is an advocate for a good cause on behalf of a public organization.
» Emma Watson is a UN Women Goodwill Ambassador.
Emma Watson ist eine UN-Sonderbotschafterin für Frauenrechte.
Meaning
1 sensesA public figure who, as a volunteer, is an advocate for a good cause on behalf of a public organization.
Examples
1 sentencesEmma Watson is a UN Women Goodwill Ambassador.
deEmma Watson ist eine UN-Sonderbotschafterin für Frauenrechte. — Yorwba
Origin
Origin 1927 when Calvin Coolidge, the United States president designated Col. Charles LindOrigin 1927 when Calvin Coolidge, the United States president designated Col. Charles Lindbergh its Goodwill Ambassador during one of his most famous flights. As a compound word representing an honorific title that was merged over time from three lexemes good-will plus ambassador which is still used descriptively by the State of Kentucky to define the Kentucky Colonel as its "ambassador of good-will".
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