Diplomat Definition

dĭplə-măt
diplomats
noun
diplomats
A representative of a government who conducts relations with the governments of other nations; person whose career or profession is diplomacy.
Webster's New World
A person skilled in dealing with other people; tactful person.
Webster's New World

A person who is accredited, such as an ambassador, to officially represent a government in its relations with other governments or international organisations.

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Noun

Singular:
diplomat
Plural:
diplomats

Origin of Diplomat

  • From French diplomate, a back-formation from diplomatique (“diplomatic”), ultimately from Ancient Greek δίπλωμα (diploma, “double-folded document”).

    From Wiktionary

  • French diplomate back-formation from diplomatique diplomatic diplomatic

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Diplomat Sentence Examples

  • As American diplomat Ralph Johnson Bunche aptly observed, "There are no warlike people, just warlike leaders."

  • A diplomat by nature, he had long served in the peacekeeping capacity among his brothers, before he was rendered dead-dead seven months before.

  • They're sitting ducks up there, " said a Western diplomat.

  • He is a Diplomat of the American Board of Ophthalmology.

  • The Jesuit Antonio Vieira, missionary, diplomat and voluminous writer, repeated the triumphs he had gained in Bahia and Lisbon in Rome, which proclaimed him the prince of Catholic orators.

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Words Starting With

DDIDIP

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TATMAT

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Words Starting With D and Ending With T

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