Definition of chargé d'affaires
1
: a subordinate diplomat who substitutes for an absent ambassador or minister
2
: a diplomat inferior in rank to an ambassador or minister who heads a mission when no ambassador or minister is assigned
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The first known use of chargé d'affaires was in 1756
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