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 appointment makes Miliband Britain’s top diplomat and a principal counterpart to Secretary of State Marco Rubio at a time when Burnham is seeking to preserve close ties with Washington. — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 21 July 2026

The business also attracted high profile clients like diplomats and actors. — Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 20 July 2026

After all, the 2015 Obama-era deal aimed at reining in Tehran’s nuclear program took 600 days and hundreds of diplomats and technical experts to negotiate. — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026

Everything else is pretense; the diplomat is pretense; the Hand of the King, there’s a level of pretense; Lord Commander of the Kingsguard, there’s a level of pretense. — Matt Minton, Variety, 20 July 2026

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