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
Iranian diplomat Afsaneh Nadipour and Chinese Communist Party official Ren Yisheng were elected by acclamation as the new Asian representatives for the Advisory Committee of the United Nations Human Rights Council on Wednesday.
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Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 11 Oct. 2025
The former Egyptian tourism and antiquities minister won a landslide victory against his rival Firmin Edouard Matoko, a veteran diplomat and economist from Congo Brazzaville.
—Preeti Jha, semafor.com, 10 Oct. 2025
Former diplomat Edmundo González, who Machado went on to back, was widely regarded as having won the election, but was forced to seek political exile in Spain.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2025
In her place stood Edmundo González, a soft-spoken diplomat with no prior experience in electoral politics.
—Barney Henderson, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
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Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 11 Oct. 2025
The former Egyptian tourism and antiquities minister won a landslide victory against his rival Firmin Edouard Matoko, a veteran diplomat and economist from Congo Brazzaville.
—Preeti Jha, semafor.com, 10 Oct. 2025
Former diplomat Edmundo González, who Machado went on to back, was widely regarded as having won the election, but was forced to seek political exile in Spain.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2025
In her place stood Edmundo González, a soft-spoken diplomat with no prior experience in electoral politics.
—Barney Henderson, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for diplomat
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The 28-year-old, the first flag football athlete to receive major sponsorships from Under Armour, Gatorade and Oakley, is an NFL global ambassador.—
Eduardo Tansley,
New York Times,
12 Oct. 2025
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Capitalizing on her close relationships with the directors of the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, the Louvre and the Palace of Versailles, the NGV also named Campbell-Pretty as its ambassador to France.—
Joelle Diderich,
Footwear News,
11 Oct. 2025
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In the letter Leclerc demanded to enter the port while denying that in sending these troops, part of the largest expedition to ever sail from France, the first consul intended to reinstate slavery.—
Marlene L. Daut
September 22,
Literary Hub,
22 Sep. 2025
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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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“Diplomat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diplomat. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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