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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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