English > diplomat: 2 senses > noun 1, person | Meaning | An official engaged in international negotiations. |
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| Synonym | diplomatist |
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| Instances | Bunche, Ralph Bunche, Ralph Johnson Bunche | United States diplomat and United Nations official (1904-1971) |
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| Dulles, John Foster Dulles | United States diplomat who (as Secretary of State) pursued a policy of opposition to the USSR by providing aid to American allies (1888-1959) |
| Galbraith, John Galbraith, John Kenneth Galbraith | United States economist (born in Canada) who served as ambassador to India (born in 1908) |
| Genet, Edmund Charles Edouard Genet, Citizen Genet | French diplomat who in 1793 tried to draw the United States into the war between France and England (1763-1834) |
| Grotius, Hugo Grotius, Huig de Groot | Dutch jurist and diplomat whose writings established the basis of modern international law (1583-1645) |
| Hammarskjold, Dag Hammarskjold, Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjold | Swedish diplomat who greatly extended the influence of the United Nations in peacekeeping matters (1905-1961) |
| Harriman, Averell Harriman, William Averell Harriman | United States financier who negotiated a treaty with the Soviet Union banning tests of nuclear weapons (1891-1986) |
| Harris, Townsend Harris | United States diplomat who was instrumental in opening Japan to foreign trade (1804-1878) |
| Hull, Cordell Hull | United States diplomat who did the groundwork for creating the United Nations (1871-1955) |
| Jay, John Jay | United States diplomat and jurist who negotiated peace treaties with Britain and served as the first chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1745-1829) |
| Kissinger, Henry Kissinger, Henry Alfred Kissinger | United States diplomat who served under President Nixon and President Ford (born in 1923) |
| Le Duc Tho | Vietnamese diplomat who negotiated with Henry Kissinger to end the war in Vietnam (1911-1990) |
| Lesseps, Ferdinand de Lesseps, Vicomte Ferdinand Marie de Lesseps | French diplomat who supervised the construction of the Suez Canal (1805-1894) |
| Lie, Trygve Lie, Trygve Halvden Lie | Norwegian diplomat who was the first Secretary General of the United Nations (1896-1968) |
| Nicolson, Harold Nicolson, Sir Harold George Nicolson | English diplomat and author (1886-1968) |
| Page, Thomas Nelson Page | United States diplomat and writer about the Old South (1853-1922) |
| Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt, Anna Eleanor Roosevelt | wife of Franklin Roosevelt and a strong advocate of human rights (1884-1962) |
| Stevenson, Adlai Stevenson, Adlai Ewing Stevenson | United States politician and diplomat (1900-1968) |
| Waldheim, Kurt Waldheim | Austrian diplomat who was Secretary General of the United Nations from 1972 to 1981 |
| Narrower | Kennan, George F. Kennan, George Frost Kennan | United States diplomat who recommended a policy of containment in dealing with Soviet aggression (1904-2005) |
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| ambassador, embassador | A diplomat of the highest rank |
| charge d'affaires | The official temporarily in charge of a diplomatic mission in the absence of the ambassador |
| consul | A diplomat appointed by a government to protect its commercial interests and help its citizens in a foreign country |
| envoy, envoy extraordinary, minister plenipotentiary | A diplomat having less authority than an ambassador |
| high commissioner | A senior diplomat from one country to another who is assigned ambassadorial rank |
| internuncio | (Roman Catholic Church) a diplomatic representative of the Pope ranking below a nuncio |
| minister, diplomatic minister | A diplomat representing one government to another |
| nuncio, papal nuncio | (Roman Catholic Church) a diplomatic representative of the Pope having ambassadorial status |
| persona grata | A diplomat who is acceptable to the government to which he is sent |
| persona non grata | A diplomat who is unacceptable to the government to which he is sent |
| plenipotentiary | A diplomat who is fully authorized to represent his or her government |
| Broader | official, functionary | A worker who holds or is invested with an office |
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| Spanish | diplomático |
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| Catalan | diplomàtica, diplomàtic, diplomat |
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| Adjectives | diplomatical | using or marked by tact in dealing with sensitive matters or people |
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