military attache
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7.4
- noun
- /ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri ˌæˈtæʃeɪ/
:
agregado militar
- This was confirmed by the British, French, and Italian military attaches who went by special train to the site of the incident.
- Japanese military attache
- U.S. military attache
Elsa Bronstrom was born in Saint Petersburg to the Swedish military attache to Russia.
- Elsa Bronstrom was born in Saint Petersburg to the Swedish military attache to Russia.
Examples
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As the military attache, she attended high-level meetings to discuss cooperation between the two nations' armed forces.
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Colonel Borg, the Swedish military attache.
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We suggest the military attache to the Swedish legation.
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I was military attache in my country's embassy in London.
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U.S. military attaches furnished 90-page reports on weapons, tactics, personalities, and organization but had no solid information on the intentions of the Japanese armed forces.
Academic text (1991) -
Tichon stated to a delegation of military attaches, which included a Turk, that, "until yesterday, I believed that there were two democracies in the region."
Academic text (2000) -
But the officers of the Tokyo General Staff Office took no notice of this viewpoint, expressed by the Japanese military attache in Stockholm, as they gave themselves up entirely to the negotiations with Russia.
Academic text (1993) -
The exchange of military attaches and the establishment of permanent contacts between the Soviet and South Korean legislatures in 1991 underscored the extent of the new relationship.
Academic text (1992) -
The military attache provided valuable insights into the defense strategies of the neighboring country.
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The ambassador introduced the newly appointed military attache at the official banquet for distinguished guests.
Synonyms
A military officer who works at an embassy and represents their country's army
A navy officer at an embassy who represents their country to the host navy
A military officer at an embassy who advises on air force matters
How Involved
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun is a straightforward adjective + noun composition: 'military' (relating to armed forces) modifies 'attache' (a diplomat specialist). The combined meaning — a diplomat who specializes in military matters attached to an embassy — is directly derivable from the constituents and follows a common cross-linguistic pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both words should understand it.
Etymology
Military attache comes from the idea that an attache, someone 'attached' to an embassy team, was placed at an embassy to deal with military matters. So today the term means 'an official at an embassy who handles military matters and represents their country's armed forces'.