diplomatist

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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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for diplomatist
Noun
  • Before the Abraham Accords, Middle East diplomats and journalists would joke with me that Lebanon and Syria would ultimately fight each other — over which would be last to establish relations with Israel.
    semafor.com, semafor.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi reportedly told the European Union’s top diplomat in July that China could not accept a Russian loss in Ukraine, because that might lead the United States to focus its energies on containing China’s rise.
    Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 2 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The chart-topping artist, who doubles as a Pandora brand ambassador, further decked her wrist with stacks from the brand.
    Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
  • And Ontario Green Screen hosts a lot of these individuals as ambassadors of our program, people who have taken all of our training, have participated in our quarterly community meetings and really understand what resources are available.
    Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 7 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • All empires have, like the Roman Empire, been… The American System and the World Organization On the day our plenipotentiaries exchange their full powers, an immortal date will be inscribed in American diplomatic history.
    Ezequiel Padilla, Foreign Affairs, 10 Sep. 2024
  • Walpole’s most frequent correspondent was Horace Mann, the British plenipotentiary in Florence, Italy.
    Catherine Ostler, WSJ, 15 Apr. 2022
Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • Ahead of the deadline, Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff, a real estate mogul and cryptocurrency trader who has turned into Trump's de facto roaming emissary, is expected to visit Russia on Aug. 6.
    Kim Hjelmgaard, USA Today, 4 Aug. 2025
  • So, Harry had to send some emissaries — including Meredith Maines, his and Meghan Markle’s new chief communications officer — to meet with Charles’ people about beginning a rapprochement.
    Martha Ross, Mercury News, 15 July 2025
Noun
  • India’s junior foreign minister Kirti Vardhan Singh made the announcement during an annual India-Africa business conference in New Delhi last week, saying the figure was up from $56 billion in 2019-20.
    Preeti Jha, semafor.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Some European officials, including Estonia's foreign minister, Margus Tsahkna, have described GPS interference as a deliberate Russian tactic, and part of Moscow's hybrid warfare arsenal.
    Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025

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“Diplomatist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diplomatist. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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