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diplomatist

noun

Definition of diplomatistnext
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for diplomatist
  1. diplomat
  2. ambassador
  3. plenipotentiary
  4. legate
  5. emissary
  6. foreign minister
Noun
  • Cuban diplomats present at the assembly then walked out of the room.
    — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Monserrati writes that Italians, and Europeans in general, got many of their ideas about samurai from a 1900 book by Japanese diplomat Nitobe Inazō, a strong supporter of Japan’s colonization of Korea.
    — Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of diplomat
Noun
  • Iran’s ambassador to Russia also said in February 2025 that Tehran and Moscow no longer needed SWIFT for bilateral banking relations and were using their own confidential bank-messaging systems.
    — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Speaking of which, our final fancy-breakfast-table showdown of the season, in which Byron and Secretary Mullins manage to win the ever-begrudging Russian ambassador Maxim Petrov over to their plan.
    — Andy Andersen, Vulture, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of ambassador
Noun
  • 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
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
Definition of legate
Noun
  • See pictures from the funeral below, along with a list of the foreign emissaries who attended.
    — Stefania Conrieri, Vanity Fair, 9 Sep. 2026
  • According to the news release, the school is also expanding its participation in the Shinshinim program—two new young emissaries from Israel will join the school for a year before their army service.
    — Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of emissary
Noun
  • According to the statement, Arnoldo André Tinoco, the Costa Rican foreign minister at the time, assured Havana at the time that the steps did not mean a rupture in relations.
    — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Many of the images show Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov surrounded by prominent figures such as actor Vladimir Mashkov, singer Tatyana Kurtukova and Margarita Simonyan, the editor in chief of the propaganda publication RT.
    — Barry Svrluga, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of foreign minister

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“Diplomatist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diplomatist. Accessed 23 Sep. 2026.

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