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plenipotentiaries

noun

plural of plenipotentiary
as in diplomatists
technical a person (such as a diplomat) who has complete power to do business for a government

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for plenipotentiaries
  1. ambassadors
  2. diplomats
  3. emissaries
  4. envoys
  5. delegates
  6. assignees
  7. representatives
Noun
  • In every other Veronica Beard store globally, customers can work with store ambassadors for the customization process with follow up appointments in store to ensure fit.
    — Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 17 Sep. 2026
  • There’s also no question the Ballon d’Or voters, made up of writers from France Football and L’Equipe, alongside international soccer ambassadors, have a European bias.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of ambassadors
Noun
  • Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said the government had notified the Dutch Embassy in Israel that its diplomats in Ramallah had to leave within one week.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 28 Sep. 2026
  • French diplomats scrambled into major damage control mode, claiming the outrage was a massive misunderstanding blown out of translation.
    — Staff, FOXNews.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of diplomats
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 emissaries
Noun
  • Unlike most Western democracies in which citizens abroad can mail in a ballot, Israel doesn’t allow absentee voting; only diplomats and official envoys can vote from outside the country.
    — Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Iroquois envoys regularly visited colonists, both to size up their ambitious rivals and to give advice on how to survive on an American continent where Native American culture dominated.
    — Scott Baldauf, Christian Science Monitor, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of envoys
Noun
  • Hell stalks the delegates of Lethe House in the conclusion to the Ninth House trilogy.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Neither yet contemplates an agent that delegates to another agent at four in the morning.
    — Dr. Aditya Vikram Kashyap, Forbes.com, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of delegates
Noun
  • Agents in Jira are generally available, allowing teams to assign work items to AI agents using the same interface as for human assignees, with full audit logging designed for compliance teams.
    — Steve McDowell, Forbes.com, 29 May 2026
  • To assign a task, simply tick a box, add a description, choose assignees, and input an optional due date.
    — Robert Anderson, PC Magazine, 30 Mar. 2026
Definition of assignees
Noun
  • While there were humanitarian appeals and evidence that public authorities were seeking alternative accommodation, per the outlet, Duro said Urbagestion’s representatives refused to suspend the eviction.
    — Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2026
  • The precise details of what happened there are obscure, and representatives for Beck did not respond to my requests for comment.
    — Josephine Reisman, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of representatives
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“Plenipotentiaries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plenipotentiaries. Accessed 29 Sep. 2026.

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