diplomatic corps
5
6.8
- noun
- /ˌdɪpləˈmætɪk kɔrz/
:
cuerpo diplomático
- The gala was attended by members of the diplomatic corps from various countries.
- the American diplomatic corps
If you're saying both, you're either in the diplomatic corps or or you have a successful marriage.
- If you're saying both, you're either in the diplomatic corps or or you have a successful marriage.
- And Khrushchev wanted to end run his own, you know, diplomats, diplomatic corps who were all, you know, spying on him.
Examples
-
Four members of the U.S. diplomatic corps, including the U.S. ambassador to Libya, died in the attacks.
Blog text (30) -
Development is not winning hearts and minds, though our civilian foreign assistance programs are a significant reason for the high regard in which Africa views the United States. As our American diplomatic corps to Africa will attest, even the smallest programs are an important demonstration that America cares.
Academic text (2009) -
As a member of the U.S. diplomatic corps, she knew how to keep herself out of harm's way.
Blog text (3) -
Madam Chancellor, members of the diplomatic corps, honored guests.
-
Indeed, the Holy See has one of the busiest and oldest diplomatic corps in the world.
Blog text (14) -
The diplomatic corps is busy with Dominion negotiations.
-
There are certain members of the Holy See's diplomatic corps who, in fact, have diplomatic immunity, having been accepted as accredited diplomats.
Blog text (14) -
Meanwhile, the diplomatic effort was also constrained by resistance from within the bureaucracy and diplomatic corps.
Academic text (2013) -
On the eve of his inauguration, Clinton sought to reassure the diplomatic corps of continuity in American foreign policy and the maintenance of a strong military.
Academic text (1993) -
Later, on 10 January 1951, the diplomatic corps honored the outgoing president and his wife. Castellani, the dean of the diplomatic corps, praised Arevalo for maintaining good relations with foreign powers as well as for the services he had offered the corps.
Academic text (1994)
Synonyms
A group of foreign diplomats officially sent to one country
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'collective body of diplomats' is directly and compositionally derived from 'diplomatic' (relating to diplomacy) + 'corps' (a group or body), so a learner who knows both constituents can infer it as the group of diplomats. This is a common, cross-linguistic noun-noun/adj+noun composition (cf. French corps diplomatique, Spanish cuerpo diplomático), making it transparent to B1 learners.
Etymology
Diplomatic corps comes from the idea that diplomats form one organized corps, literally a 'body' of people who work together. This picture of many ambassadors acting as a single body shows why the phrase means the whole group of foreign diplomats in a country today.