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
The 444-day hostage crisis at the embassy saw American diplomats held until President Ronald Reagan took office from President Jimmy Carter in 1981.
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CBS News, 1 Apr. 2026
That has been understood to mean that people within the United States are subject to the laws here, except for foreign diplomats and, for a time, Native Americans who lived on tribal reservations.
—Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2026
Objectives articulated by the administration earlier in the conflict -- like regime change and denuclearization -- would remain unmet by such a deal, the former diplomat said.
—Chris Boccia, ABC News, 1 Apr. 2026
Where the equivocation began was in conversations with European diplomats and officials.
—Jason D. Greenblatt, semafor.com, 1 Apr. 2026
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CBS News, 1 Apr. 2026
That has been understood to mean that people within the United States are subject to the laws here, except for foreign diplomats and, for a time, Native Americans who lived on tribal reservations.
—Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2026
Objectives articulated by the administration earlier in the conflict -- like regime change and denuclearization -- would remain unmet by such a deal, the former diplomat said.
—Chris Boccia, ABC News, 1 Apr. 2026
Where the equivocation began was in conversations with European diplomats and officials.
—Jason D. Greenblatt, semafor.com, 1 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for diplomat
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Commercial conversations Earlier this month, the UK government convened a meeting of defense companies to meet ambassadors and defense attaches from Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, the UAE, Iraq and Jordan.—
Kai Nicol-Schwarz,
CNBC,
31 Mar. 2026
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Guess named the South Korean rapper, singer and member of the K-pop group Stray Kids its first global brand ambassador for both Guess and Guess Jeans brands earlier this month.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
30 Mar. 2026
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Robert Imbrie, the American consul in Tehran, was brutally murdered in 1924, allegedly because a fanatical religious leader accused him of being a Baha’i and poisoning a well.—
Daniel Thomas Potts,
The Conversation,
30 Mar. 2026
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But what worries me a little bit more is that some of the professionals at embassies and consuls are not being told to come home.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
8 Mar. 2026
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“Diplomat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diplomat. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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