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  1. noun One, such as an ambassador, who has been appointed to represent a government in its relations with other governments.
  2. noun One who uses skill and tact in dealing with others.

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  • As western experts and analysts often notice, Armenian diplomacy still follows the «soviet» regime when the ideal of a diplomat was the USSR Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrei Gromiko, who was nicknamed «Mister No» for his refusal to answer a single question. —  Armenian News - PanARMENIAN.Net
  • According to one western diplomat, that is because the main groups, the Sudan Liberation Movement and the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM), are waiting to see how Bashir will be weakened by any arrest warrant. —  The Guardian World News
  • It sort of goes without saying that Angelina Jolie's value as a celebrity-diplomat is her ability to draw attention to the issue she champions. —  UN Dispatch
  • Holbrooke's coming of age as a diplomat was shaped by Vietnam, and his career has long been intertwined with his own efforts, as well as those of others in the field of statecraft, to understand the Vietnam experience so that it will not be repeated. —  The American Prospect Articles
  • The full chamber still must confirm Clinton as President-elect Barack Obama's top diplomat, which is expected to happen after Obama is sworn in as president Tuesday, CNN reported. —  Latest News - UPI.com
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  1. French diplomate, back-formation from diplomatique, diplomatic; see diplomatic.

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  1. Also written diplomate; = Dutch diplomaat = G. Danish Swedish diplomat, from Frenchdiplomate =Portuguese diplomata, from New Latin as if *diplomata, one provided with letters of authority, from Latin diploma (t-), diploma: see diploma.
 

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