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diplomatist

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Definition of diplomatist

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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The following day, settlers attacked diplomats from Belgium, France and Poland, as well as representatives of the Catholic Church, in the Palestinian Christian village of Taybeh.

— Chas Newkey-Burden, TheWeek, 20 Oct. 2026
France, Belgium and Poland, whose diplomats were attacked, also called on Israel to take action.

— Reuters, NBC news, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of diplomat

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The Rhode founder tapped go-to celebrity nail artist Zola Ganzorigt, an OPI global ambassador, for the bold look.

— Audrey Noble, Vogue, 18 Oct. 2026
Travis Kelce reminded Chiefs fans on Sunday that one of his other day jobs is ambassador — and model — for preppy clothing brand Tommy Hilfiger.

— Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 18 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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Upon landing in Samarkand on Sunday night, Rubio was warmly embraced by Uzbekistan’s foreign minister, Bakhtiyor Saidov, while two women clad in elaborate gold-and-black traditional dresses presented him with a bouquet.

— Reuters, NBC news, 20 Oct. 2026
The two candidates at the bottom of Friday's straw poll were women — Maria Fernanda Espinosa, a former General Assembly president and foreign minister of Ecuador, and Ivonne A-Baki, a former Ecuadorian ambassador.

— ABC News, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026

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