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Definition of chargé d’affaires noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

chargé d’affaires

noun
 
/ˌʃɑːʒeɪ dæˈfeə(r)/
 
/ˌʃɑːrʒeɪ dæˈfer/
(plural chargés d’affaires
 
/ˌʃɑːʒeɪ dæˈfeə(r)/
 
/ˌʃɑːrʒeɪ dæˈfer/
)
(from French)
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  1. an official who takes the place of an ambassador in a foreign country when the ambassador is away
  2. an official below the rank of ambassador who acts as their country's senior representative in a foreign country where there is no ambassador
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