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plenipotentiary


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noun
plural plenipotentiaries

Definition of PLENIPOTENTIARY

: a person and especially a diplomatic agent invested with full power to transact business
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First Known Use of PLENIPOTENTIARY

circa 1656

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agent provocateur, agitprop, autarky, cabal, egalitarianism, federalism, hegemony, popular sovereignty, socialism

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