What does diplomat mean?
Definitions for diplomat
ˈdɪp ləˌmætdiplo·mat
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Princeton's WordNet
diplomat, diplomatistnoun
an official engaged in international negotiations
diplomatnoun
a person who deals tactfully with others
Wiktionary
diplomatnoun
A person who is accredited, such as an ambassador, to officially represent a government in its relations with other governments or international organisations
Etymology: From diplomate, a back-formation from diplomatique, ultimately from δίπλωμα.
diplomatnoun
Someone who uses skill and tact in dealing with other people
Etymology: From diplomate, a back-formation from diplomatique, ultimately from δίπλωμα.
Webster Dictionary
Diplomatnoun
alt. of Diplomate
Freebase
Diplomat
A diplomat is a person appointed by a state to conduct diplomacy with another state or international organization. The main functions of diplomats revolve around the representation and protection of the interests and nationals of the sending state, as well as the promotion of information and friendly relations. Diplomats are the oldest form of any of the foreign policy institutions of the state, predating by centuries foreign ministers and ministerial offices.
The Roycroft Dictionary
diplomat
A man who says "perhaps" when he means no, as opposed to a woman who says "perhaps" when she means yes. (A man who says "no" is not a diplomat, and a woman who says "yes" is not a lady.)
The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz
DIPLOMAT
An international liar, with an elastic conscience and a rubber neck.
Editors Contribution
diplomat
A person with the ability, official authority, experience, skills, knowledge and confidence to communicate, negotiate and create peaceful solutions and human rights solutions and outcomes with people with this role or responsibility in an international country or form of official unity governmental authority.
The role of a diplomat is important and is always communicated with respect, honesty and truth.
Submitted by MaryC on March 9, 2020
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of diplomat in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of diplomat in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of diplomat in a Sentence
He didn’t know if the sources were legitimate, he didn’t know whether or not the information had been corroborated. He was merely a conduit between somebody who may have had a financial interest in Libya and our nation’s top diplomat.
Not only was [Blumenthal] providing unvetted, uncorroborated, unsubstantiated intelligence to our top diplomat, he was just simply forwarding on intelligence that somebody by the name of Tyler Drumheller was sending him, he didn’t know if the sources were legitimate, he didn’t know whether or not the information had been corroborated. He was merely a conduit between somebody who may have had a financial interest in Libya and our nation’s top diplomat.
British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab:
We feel this amounts to a denial of justice, and we believe Anne Sacoolas should return to the The UK, the UK would have acted differently if this had been a The UK diplomat serving in the U.S....
A diplomat these days in nothing, but a head waiter who is allowed to sit down occasionally.
As the first woman to serve as America's top diplomat, Madeleine's courage and toughness helped bring peace to the Balkans and paved the way for progress in some of the most unstable corners of the world.
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Translations for diplomat
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- دِبْلوماسِيّArabic
- диплома́тBulgarian
- diplomàtica, diplomàticCatalan, Valencian
- diplomatCzech
- diplomyddWelsh
- diplomatDanish
- Diplomatin, DiplomatGerman
- diplomatoEsperanto
- diplomática, diplomáticoSpanish
- دیپلماتPersian
- diplomaattiFinnish
- diplomateFrench
- taidhleoirIrish
- diplomáticoGalician
- דיפלומט, דיפלומטיתHebrew
- küldöttHungarian
- դիվանագետArmenian
- diplomaticoItalian
- 外交官Japanese
- 외교관, 外交官Korean
- ນັກການທູດLao
- diplomatNorwegian
- diplomaatDutch
- diplomatNorwegian Nynorsk
- dyplomataPolish
- diplomataPortuguese
- диплома́тка, диплома́тRussian
- diplomatSwedish
- 家外交, nhà ngoại giaoVietnamese
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