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ambassador	a diplomat appointed to represent a nation in an international organization. [1/3 definitions]
Benjamin Franklin	U.S. statesman, inventor, diplomat, postmaster, scientist, and author, considered one of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America (b. 1706--d. 1790).
Eleanor Roosevelt	civil rights activist, diplomat, and First Lady to President Franklin Roosevelt from 1933 to 1945; born Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (b.1884--d.1962).
envoy	an agent or messenger, esp. a diplomat.
persona grata	(Latin) a person who is acceptable or welcome, esp. a diplomat acceptable to the government to which he or she has been assigned.
persona non grata	(Latin) a person who is unacceptable or unwelcome, esp. a diplomat to the government to which he or she has been assigned.
Shirley Temple¹	singing and dancing child star of American movies in the 1930s, later a U.S. diplomat (as Shirley Temple Black); born Shirley Jane Temple (b.1928).
superdiplomat	combined form of diplomat.

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