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diplomatist

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • US: /dɪˈploʊməˌtɪst/

1

noun

Meaning 1

Synonym of diplomat.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncommon

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: diplomat

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A person trained in diplomatics.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

an official engaged in international negotiations

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: diplomat

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

History

Etymology

Borrowed from French diplomatiste, or from diplomat(ic) + -ist.