פְּרוּזְבּוּטֵיס, (πρεσβευτής, v. preced.) ambassador, legate. Ex. R. s. 42 מדינה ששלחה פ׳ לעטר וכ׳ (not טים …) a province that sent a legate to offer a crown to the king. Tanḥ. Vayigg. 6 שלח יהורה פרוזבטים אצלו (corr. acc.) he (Jacob) sent Judah as an ambassador to him (Joseph). Yalk. Esth. 1058 שונאי הוא שירדתי עמו בפ׳ he (Mordecai) is my enemy, since I came down with him (from Palestine) as a legate (to plead against the building of the Temple, v. preced.).—Pl. פְּרוּזְבּוּטִין. Y’lamd. to Deut. I, 1, quot. in Ar. פרזבטין, v. פְּרוֹזְבִּיטְרוֹן.—Greek pl. פְּרוּזְבּוּטֵי q. v.