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noun
A person, such as an ambassador, who is accredited to represent a government officially in its relations with other governments or international organisations
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Someone who uses skill and tact in dealing with other people.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
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noun
an official engaged in international negotiations
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: diplomatist
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: official, functionary
Narrower terms: ambassador, embassador, charge d'affaires, consul, envoy, envoy extraordinary, minister plenipotentiary, high commissioner, internuncio, minister, diplomatic minister, nuncio, papal nuncio, persona grata, persona non grata, plenipotentiary, Kennan, George F. Kennan, George Frost Kennan, Bunche, Ralph Bunche, Ralph Johnson Bunche, Dulles, John Foster Dulles, Galbraith, John Galbraith, John Kenneth Galbraith, Genet, Edmund Charles Edouard Genet, Citizen Genet, Grotius, Hugo Grotius, Huig de Groot, Hammarskjold, Dag Hammarskjold, Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjold, Harriman, Averell Harriman, William Averell Harriman, Harris, Townsend Harris, Hull, Cordell Hull, Jay, John Jay, Kissinger, Henry Kissinger, Henry Alfred Kissinger, Le Duc Tho, Lesseps, Ferdinand de Lesseps, Vicomte Ferdinand Marie de Lesseps, Lie, Trygve Lie, Trygve Halvden Lie, Nicolson, Harold Nicolson, Sir Harold George Nicolson, Page, Thomas Nelson Page, Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt, Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, Stevenson, Adlai Stevenson, Adlai Ewing Stevenson, Waldheim, Kurt Waldheim
noun
a person who deals tactfully with others
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
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Broader terms: mediator, go-between, intermediator, intermediary, intercessor
History
From French diplomate, a back-formation from diplomatique (“diplomatic”), ultimately from Ancient Greek δίπλωμα (díplōma, “double-folded document”).
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128 source translations are retained for this English entry.
