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Definition of diplomat noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

diplomat

noun
 
 
/ˈdɪpləmæt/
 
/ˈdɪpləmæt/
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  1.  
    (also old-fashioned diplomatist)
    a person whose job is to represent his or her country in a foreign country, for example, in an embassy
    • Washington's top diplomat in Havana
    • a Western diplomat in Islamabad
    see also Chief Diplomat
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    • the chief Cuban diplomat in the United States
    • two of the world's most prominent diplomats
    Topics Jobsc1, Politicsc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • chief
    • prominent
    • senior
    • …
    verb + diplomat
    • be
    • serve as
    • work as
    • …
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  2. a person who shows skill at dealing with other people
    • You’ll need to be a real diplomat to persuade them to come to some agreement.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • chief
    • prominent
    • senior
    • …
    verb + diplomat
    • be
    • serve as
    • work as
    • …
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    3. Word Originearly 19th cent.: from French diplomate, back-formation from diplomatique ‘diplomatic’, from Latin diploma from Greek diplōma ‘folded paper’, from diploun ‘to fold’, from diplous ‘double’.
See diplomat in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee diplomat in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic English
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