Definition of diplomat
: one employed or skilled in diplomacy
- a foreign diplomat
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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 of diplomat from the Web
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Melville is a senior U.S. career diplomat who has served as the American ambassador in the Baltic nation and NATO member of Estonia since 2015.
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Melville is a senior U.S. career diplomat who has served as the American ambassador in the Baltic nation and NATO member of Estonia since 2015.
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The paper claims history dating decades before the founding of the American republic, and was owned for years by Philip Merrill, the former diplomat who served in Republican presidential administrations.
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But diplomacy is always better than going to war, even if the chief diplomats are unorthodox and unpredictable.
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Delighted at the attention, Victor parlayed his parenting lapse into two full days of media coverage, lecturing the Pittsburgh press like a visiting diplomat.
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More so, the meals were not for the family’s personal enjoyment, but for household workers and guests, including international diplomats.
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Such views should not be held by a senior diplomat, the senators wrote.
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Later this season, when the gang goes to Clarkston, GA, to help out the hipster mayor, his girlfriend gets a special outfit for their diplomat dinner!
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Origin and Etymology of diplomat
French diplomate, back-formation from diplomatique
Other Government and Politics Terms
DIPLOMAT Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of diplomat for English Language Learners
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: a person who represents his or her country's government in a foreign country : someone whose work is diplomacy
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: a person who has skill in dealing with other people
DIPLOMAT Defined for Kids
Definition of diplomat for Students
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: a person whose work is keeping good relations between the governments of different countries
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: a person who is good at dealing with people in a way that avoids bad feelings
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