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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun diplomat has 2 senses
- diplomat(n = noun.person) diplomatist - an official engaged in international negotiations; Array has particulars: ambassador, embassador, charge d'affaires, consul, envoy, envoy extraordinary, minister plenipotentiary, high commissioner, internuncio, diplomatic minister, minister, nuncio, papal nuncio, persona grata, persona non grata, plenipotentiary, george f. kennan, george frost kennan, kennan, bunche, ralph bunche, ralph johnson bunche, dulles, john foster dulles, galbraith, john galbraith, john kenneth galbraith, citizen genet, edmund charles edouard genet, genet, grotius, hugo grotius, huig de groot, dag hammarskjold, dag hjalmar agne carl hammarskjold, hammarskjold, averell harriman, harriman, william averell harriman, harris, townsend harris, cordell hull, hull, jay, john jay, henry alfred kissinger, henry kissinger, kissinger, le duc tho, ferdinand de lesseps, lesseps, vicomte ferdinand marie de lesseps, lie, trygve halvden lie, trygve lie, harold nicolson, nicolson, sir harold george nicolson, page, thomas nelson page, anna eleanor roosevelt, eleanor roosevelt, roosevelt, adlai ewing stevenson, adlai stevenson, stevenson, kurt waldheim, waldheim
- diplomat(n = noun.person) Array - a person who deals tactfully with others; Array is a kind of go-between, intercessor, intermediary, intermediator, mediator
is a kind of functionary, official
Derived form adjective diplomatical1
Derived form adjective diplomatical1
OXFORD DICTIONARY
diplomat, n.
1 an official representing a country abroad; a member of a diplomatic service.
2 a tactful person.
1 an official representing a country abroad; a member of a diplomatic service.
2 a tactful person.
Etymology
F diplomate, back-form. f. diplomatique: see DIPLOMATIC
THESAURUS
diplomat
Admirable Crichton, Machiavel, Machiavellian, Machiavellianist, adept, ambassador, ambassadress, apostolic delegate, artisan, artist, attache, authority, career diplomat, chancellor, charge, commercial attache, connaisseur, connoisseur, consul, consul general, consular agent, consultant, cordon bleu, crack shot, craftsman, dead shot, diplomatic, diplomatic agent, diplomatist, elder statesman, emissary, envoy, envoy extraordinary, experienced hand, expert, expert consultant, foreign service officer, graduate, handy man, influence peddler, internuncio, journeyman, legate, marksman, military attache, minister, minister plenipotentiary, minister resident, no slouch, nuncio, plenipotentiary, political realist, politician, power broker, pro, professional, professor, proficient, resident, savant, secretary of legation, shark, sharp, statesman, technical adviser, technician, vice-consul, vice-legateROGET THESAURUS
diplomat
Consignee
N consignee, trustee, nominee, committee, agent, delegate, commissary, commissioner, emissary, envoy, commissionaire, messenger, diplomatist, diplomat, diplomate, corps diplomatique, embassy, ambassador, embassador, representative, resident, consul, legate, nuncio, internuncio, charge d'affaires, attache, vicegerent, plenipotentiary, functionary, placeman, curator, treasurer, factor, bailiff, clerk, secretary, attorney, advocate, solicitor, proctor, broker, underwriter, commission agent, auctioneer, one's man of business, factotum, caretaker, dalal, dubash, garnishee, gomashta, negotiator, go-between, middleman, under agent, employe, servant, referee, arbitrator, traveler, bagman, commis-voyageur, touter, commercial traveler, drummer, traveling man, newspaper correspondent, own correspondent, special correspondent.
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