goodwill ambassador

• GA (name title prefix abbreviation)
• GWA (name title suffix abbreviation)
• Goodwill Ambassador (as a legal title before a name)

Origin 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".

• IPA^(key): /ɡʊdˈwɪl æmˈbæs.ə.də(ɹ)/

goodwill ambassador (plural goodwill ambassadors)

1. A public figure who, as a volunteer, is an advocate for a good cause on behalf of a public organization.
   • 2021 February 25, Edith M. Lederer, “Russian supermodel Vodianova is new UN goodwill ambassador”, in AP News:

     Russian supermodel and philanthropist Natalia Vodianova became a United Nations goodwill ambassador on Wednesday, pledging to promote the sexual and reproductive rights of women and girls and tackle stigmas surrounding their bodies.

• When used as a title, the first letter is always capitalized.