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diplomatist

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as in diplomat

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Recent Examples of diplomatist The trouble, rather, is that even our top foreign-policy experts and our most sophisticated diplomatists are creatures of our own cultural heritage and intellectual environment. — Nicholas Eberstadt, National Review, 11 Sep. 2017

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Noun

Embassies, banks, and big-name retailers share the neighborhood with this member of The Leading Hotels of the World, whose guest list includes big celebrities and diplomats.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026
The latest tensions also follow the expulsion of an Egyptian diplomat, who was declared persona non grata.

— ABC News, ABC News, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of diplomat

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The Indian ambassador to the United Arab Emirates said Thursday that Flydubai Captain Smit Machchhar is recovering well after being seriously injured.

— Christine Valora, The Washington Examiner, 3 Oct. 2026
The European expansion will launch in London and Paris through employee ambassador trainings and hands-on learning experiences for young people.

— Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of ambassador

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Walpole’s most frequent correspondent was Horace Mann, the British plenipotentiary in Florence, Italy.

— Catherine Ostler, WSJ, 15 Apr. 2022
Morris was eventually the United States’ plenipotentiary to France and spent years afterward touring Europe and having affairs there.

— Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 4 June 2019

Definition of plenipotentiary

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However, papal legates—diplomatic representatives—continue their external functions.

— Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Apr. 2025
In the 1520s Thomas Wolsey, Cardinal legate of England, drove forward a similar program of moral and financial reform, winding up a further 29 monasteries.

— Crawford Gribben, WSJ, 29 Apr. 2022

Definition of legate

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Active in Finnish and European politics for two decades, Stubb has served in the European Parliament and as Finland’s finance minister, foreign minister, prime minister and now its president.

— John T. Shaw, Chicago Tribune, 4 Oct. 2026
Alexandra Hill Tinoco, the foreign minister of El Salvador, asked Monday.

— ABC News, ABC News, 28 Sep. 2026

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