diplomat
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3.6
- noun
- /ˈdɪpləˌmæt/
- Formal
:
diplomático
- The experienced diplomat successfully negotiated a peace treaty between the two countries.
- Western diplomats
- foreign diplomats
- American diplomats
OK, A warning to American diplomats traveling to China.
- OK, A warning to American diplomats traveling to China.
- He's mostly a career diplomat and just serving in parliament.
- There's literally stories of like a bunch of Chinese diplomats coming into countries for meetings.
- So I spent much of my early life as a diplomat, professional diplomat for UK government.
- That's what I mean when I said we should, we should be letting the diplomats do their job, right?
- She attended Brown University and became a journalist and a diplomat in Cold War Berlin.
- Now, you've probably heard the UN Secretary General's job called the world's chief diplomat.
- But if they just showed up, do you send your diplomats?
- the US hired Blackwater to come protect their CIA compounds or to escort VIP diplomats.
- Here we have Elise Stefanik stepping into Twitter and getting trolled by a Chinese diplomat.
Examples
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But today you are the master diplomat and ambassador.
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We got a UN diplomat, got his detail in hot water.
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And most time they would fly a team in, drop some people in, let the diplomat do his meeting and then fly them back out.
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"All this over one German diplomat?" she asked, enjoying the freedom to question him.
Fiction book (1991) -
Yes, behind the scenes, diplomats have been hard at work.
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He's mostly a career diplomat and just serving in parliament.
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She attended Brown University and became a journalist and a diplomat in Cold War Berlin.
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Ambassador Stevens had his last meeting with a Turkish diplomat.
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Travis watches as they briefly shake hands, the diplomat leaving, escorted by a waiting Pentagon official.
Fiction book (1996) -
Nikita Khrushchev told Western diplomats in November 1956, "History is on our side.
Academic text (1990)
Synonyms
624
3.5
A person who speaks or acts for other people in an official way
171
4.6
A person who talks with others to reach an agreement
157
7.9
A person sent by a government or leader on a special mission to negotiate
94
6.6
A person sent by a government to talk and make agreements with another country
8
9.5
A person who represents a government in another country
1
7.9
A person who works for their country and talks with other countries to make agreements
A person who a government or organization sends to speak for it at official meetings
A person who acts for someone in talks or negotiations
Compounds
How Senior
- Formal
∞
3.7
- Formal
223
3.6
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word diplomat comes from the Greek word diploma, which meant a 'folded paper' used as an official letter or certificate. Think of a diploma or a folded letter that gave someone the right to speak for their country, so a diplomat is an official representative who manages relations and makes negotiations abroad.