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diplomatist

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as in diplomat

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Recent Examples of diplomatist The trouble, rather, is that even our top foreign-policy experts and our most sophisticated diplomatists are creatures of our own cultural heritage and intellectual environment. — Nicholas Eberstadt, National Review, 11 Sep. 2017

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Noun

The appointment makes Miliband Britain’s top diplomat and a principal counterpart to Secretary of State Marco Rubio at a time when Burnham is seeking to preserve close ties with Washington.

— Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 21 July 2026
The business also attracted high profile clients like diplomats and actors.

— Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 20 July 2026

Definition of diplomat

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Joanne Goh, founder and president of MIFFest, delivered the welcome address alongside this year’s festival ambassadors, Bront Palarae, Daiyan Trisha and Jack Tan.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 19 July 2026
The billionaire owner of Fertitta Entertainment was sworn in as ambassador to Italy in 2025.

— Colleen Barry, Fortune, 18 July 2026

Definition of ambassador

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Walpole’s most frequent correspondent was Horace Mann, the British plenipotentiary in Florence, Italy.

— Catherine Ostler, WSJ, 15 Apr. 2022
Morris was eventually the United States’ plenipotentiary to France and spent years afterward touring Europe and having affairs there.

— Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 4 June 2019

Definition of plenipotentiary

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However, papal legates—diplomatic representatives—continue their external functions.

— Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Apr. 2025
In the 1520s Thomas Wolsey, Cardinal legate of England, drove forward a similar program of moral and financial reform, winding up a further 29 monasteries.

— Crawford Gribben, WSJ, 29 Apr. 2022

Definition of legate

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The bell was joined by a container for herbs and medicines depicting the head of Ofoe, a divine emissary of the deity Ogie’uwu.

— Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 29 June 2026
The president’s top-two emissaries also happen to be the highest-profile potential candidates to succeed him.

— Vivian Salama, The Atlantic, 27 June 2026

Definition of emissary

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Former Labour leader Ed Miliband was appointed as foreign minister in place of Yvette Cooper and John Healey became finance minister.

— Alexander Smith, NBC news, 20 July 2026
Trump, however, denied knowing anything about the Tates’ case, and the Romanian foreign minister insisted the country hadn’t been pressured to lift the travel restrictions on the brothers.

— Chad de Guzman, Time, 20 July 2026

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