as in ambassador
a person sent by a country's government to represent it in a foreign country
They arranged a dinner to welcome the foreign diplomats. She served as a U.S. diplomat in France for several years.
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Recent Examples of diplomat
Lee said the ministry is dispatching diplomats from its embassy in Washington and consulate in Atlanta to the site, and planning to form an on-site response team.
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Kim Tong-Hyung, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
Portuguese diplomats lobbied for the exemption on both sides of the Atlantic.
—Dee-Ann Durbin, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
More than 1,300 diplomats, many of whom specialized in democracy and human rights, have been removed.
—Jason Carter, Time, 4 Sep. 2025
For decades, the characters in science-fiction movies and TV shows who traveled on spaceships tended to be scientists, explorers, diplomats, soldiers, and pirates.
—Noel Murray, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2025
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Kim Tong-Hyung, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
Portuguese diplomats lobbied for the exemption on both sides of the Atlantic.
—Dee-Ann Durbin, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
More than 1,300 diplomats, many of whom specialized in democracy and human rights, have been removed.
—Jason Carter, Time, 4 Sep. 2025
For decades, the characters in science-fiction movies and TV shows who traveled on spaceships tended to be scientists, explorers, diplomats, soldiers, and pirates.
—Noel Murray, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for diplomat
Noun
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James Pergola is the coffee ambassador for Nestle Nespresso USA.—
Hallie Milstein,
Southern Living,
14 Sep. 2025
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Employees can also be seen as ambassadors of a company’s brand, and their political speech can dilute that brand and hurt its reputation, depending on what is being said and how it is being received.—
Nino Paoli,
Fortune,
14 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Titus, Roman emperor from AD 79 to 81, sent two consuls to the Campanian region where Pompeii is located after the eruption to provide aid, assess the city and reallocate the property of those who had died in the eruption with no surviving heirs, Zuchtriegel said.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
14 Aug. 2025
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On June 19, Bulloch, the Confederate agent responsible for the Shenandoah’s commission as a raider, sent an urgent letter to Waddell via the British consul to inform him of bad news from home.—
Francine Uenuma,
Smithsonian Magazine,
23 June 2025
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“Diplomat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diplomat. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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