diplomat

noun

dip·​lo·​mat ˈdi-plə-ˌmat 

: one employed or skilled in diplomacy

a foreign diplomat

Examples of diplomat in a Sentence

The President will be meeting with foreign diplomats.

He's a talented architect but a poor diplomat.

Recent Examples on the Web

The tide began turning early last month, when Canada’s top diplomat Anita Anand visited Beijing to meet with her counterpart Wang Yi. —Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 13 Nov. 2025

But these days, the veteran diplomat says the most dangerous crisis facing America isn’t coming from Russia, China, or the Middle East. —Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 13 Nov. 2025

Churkin was a top Russian diplomat and Moscow’s United Nations ambassador before dying under questionable circumstances in February 2017. —Zac Anderson, USA Today, 13 Nov. 2025

Based on a semi-autobiographical novel by author Amélie Nothomb, the film begins with the birth of the main character, a young Belgian girl whose father works as a diplomat in ’60s Japan, while the nation still had several scars from World War II. —Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 7 Nov. 2025

Word History

Etymology

French diplomate, back-formation from diplomatique

First Known Use

1813, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for diplomat

• acrobat
• autocrat
• automat
• bundesrat
• bureaucrat
• butterfat
• caveat
• chemostat
• copycat
• cryostat
• democrat
• guzerat

Kids Definition

diplomat

noun

dip·​lo·​mat ˈdip-lə-ˌmat 

: a person employed or skilled in diplomacy