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

Suspect charged with murder over deaths of Israeli Embassy staffers in Washington The strikes come a day after two Israeli Embassy staffers were shot while leaving a reception for young diplomats at the Capital Jewish Museum, in Washington. —Wafaa Shurafa, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2025

After a preliminary panel, diplomats from several member and observer countries offered up comments about the deteriorating crisis. —Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 22 May 2025

Indian diplomats were frustrated when the American president claimed the credit for brokering a cease-fire and then offered to step into their dangerous dispute over the region of Kashmir. Behind the Journalism Our business coverage. —Alex Travelli, New York Times, 22 May 2025

Israeli embassy diplomats in DC shooting identified 2. —FOXNews.com, 22 May 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