Thesaurus results for DIPLOMAT

diplomat

noun

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 second is that Trump, as strategist-in-chief, keeps giving his negotiators objectives so implausible, confused or contradictory that even the wiliest diplomats in history — a Klemens von Metternich in the 19th century, say, or a Henry Kissinger in the 20th — would come up empty. —

Andreas Kluth, Mercury News, 18 Apr. 2026 Iranian diplomats posted threats that its closure could resume at any time of their choosing, and warned that restrictions would return unless the United States agreed to lift a blockade of its ports. —

Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026 Rising 620 feet above Midtown, Olympic Tower has long attracted a mix of diplomats, celebrities, and power brokers, including Imelda Marcos, the shoe-loving former first lady of the Philippines. —

Tori Latham, Robb Report, 16 Apr. 2026 Henry Kissinger was not a diplomat. —

Philip Wang, Time, 16 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for diplomat

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Noun

Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer leaves 10 Downing Street in London, April 20, 2026 to face a showdown in Parliament over the appointment of Peter Mandelson as ambassador to Washington.

— Jared Gans, The Hill, 21 Apr. 2026
The top prize at the ACMs (and the rival CMA Awards), Entertainer of the Year is typically regarded as recognizing the year’s best ambassador for country music.

— Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 20 Apr. 2026