diplomat | | |
n. (person) | 1. diplomat, diplomatist | an official engaged in international negotiations. |
| ~ ambassador, embassador | a diplomat of the highest rank; accredited as representative from one country to another. |
| ~ 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. |
| ~ diplomatic minister, minister | a diplomat representing one government to another; ranks below ambassador. |
| ~ nuncio, papal nuncio | (Roman Catholic Church) a diplomatic representative of the Pope having ambassadorial status. |
| ~ functionary, official | a worker who holds or is invested with an office. |
| ~ 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. |
| ~ bunche, ralph bunche, ralph johnson bunche | United States diplomat and United Nations official (1904-1971). |
| ~ 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). |
| ~ citizen genet, edmund charles edouard genet, 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). |
| ~ dag hammarskjold, dag hjalmar agne carl hammarskjold, hammarskjold | Swedish diplomat who greatly extended the influence of the United Nations in peacekeeping matters (1905-1961). |
| ~ averell harriman, harriman, william averell harriman | United States financier who negotiated a treaty with the Soviet Union banning tests of nuclear weapons (1891-1986). |
| ~ townsend harris, harris | United States diplomat who was instrumental in opening Japan to foreign trade (1804-1878). |
| ~ cordell hull, 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). |
| ~ george f. kennan, george frost kennan, kennan | United States diplomat who recommended a policy of containment in dealing with Soviet aggression (1904-2005). |
| ~ henry alfred kissinger, henry kissinger, 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). |
| ~ ferdinand de lesseps, lesseps, vicomte ferdinand marie de lesseps | French diplomat who supervised the construction of the Suez Canal (1805-1894). |
| ~ trygve halvden lie, trygve lie, lie | Norwegian diplomat who was the first Secretary General of the United Nations (1896-1968). |
| ~ harold nicolson, nicolson, sir harold george nicolson | English diplomat and author (1886-1968). |
| ~ thomas nelson page, page | United States diplomat and writer about the Old South (1853-1922). |
| ~ anna eleanor roosevelt, eleanor roosevelt, roosevelt | wife of Franklin Roosevelt and a strong advocate of human rights (1884-1962). |
| ~ adlai ewing stevenson, adlai stevenson, stevenson | United States politician and diplomat (1900-1968). |
| ~ kurt waldheim, waldheim | Austrian diplomat who was Secretary General of the United Nations from 1972 to 1981; in 1986 he was elected president of Austria in spite of worldwide allegations that he had direct knowledge of Nazi atrocities during World War II (born in 1918). |
n. (person) | 2. diplomat | a person who deals tactfully with others. |
| ~ go-between, intercessor, intermediary, intermediator, mediator | a negotiator who acts as a link between parties. |
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