Thesaurus results for DIPLOMAT

diplomat

noun

as in ambassador

a person sent by a country's government to represent it in a foreign country They arranged a dinner to welcome the foreign diplomats. She served as a U.S. diplomat in France for several years.

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Recent Examples of diplomat Advertisement The meetings of the countries’ top diplomats were elevated under Joe Biden’s presidency to summits of leaders, most recently in September in Biden’s home state of Delaware. —

David Rising, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2025 Foreign leaders While foreign diplomats such as ambassadors have typically attended U.S. presidential inaugurations, no foreign head of state has previously made an official visit for the occasion, according to the Associated Press. —

Chantelle Lee, TIME, 20 Jan. 2025 This was the first joint visit by Britain’s and America’s top diplomats in more than a decade. —

Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025 Making his final trip as America’s top diplomat last week, Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken arrived in Paris, his former hometown, to a hero’s welcome. —

Edward Wong, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for diplomat