diplomatist

/dəˈploʊmədəst/

Other forms: diplomatists

Definitions of diplomatist

1. noun

   an official engaged in international negotiations
   synonyms: diplomat

   examples:

   Ralph Johnson Bunche

   United States diplomat and United Nations official (1904-1971)

   John Foster Dulles

   United States diplomat who (as Secretary of State) pursued a policy of opposition to the USSR by providing aid to American allies (1888-1959)

   John Kenneth Galbraith

   United States economist (born in Canada) who served as ambassador to India (born in 1908)

   Edmund Charles Edouard Genet

   French diplomat who in 1793 tried to draw the United States into the war between France and England (1763-1834)

   Huig de Groot

   Dutch jurist and diplomat whose writings established the basis of modern international law (1583-1645)

   Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjold

   Swedish diplomat who greatly extended the influence of the United Nations in peacekeeping matters (1905-1961)

   William Averell Harriman

   United States financier who negotiated a treaty with the Soviet Union banning tests of nuclear weapons (1891-1986)

   Townsend Harris

   United States diplomat who was instrumental in opening Japan to foreign trade (1804-1878)

   Cordell Hull

   United States diplomat who did the groundwork for creating the United Nations (1871-1955)

   John Jay

   United States diplomat and jurist who negotiated peace treaties with Britain and served as the first chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1745-1829)

   Henry Alfred Kissinger

   United States diplomat who served under President Nixon and President Ford (born in 1923)

   Le Duc Tho

   Vietnamese diplomat who negotiated with Henry Kissinger to end the war in Vietnam (1911-1990)

   Vicomte Ferdinand Marie de Lesseps

   French diplomat who supervised the construction of the Suez Canal (1805-1894)

   Trygve Halvden Lie

   Norwegian diplomat who was the first Secretary General of the United Nations (1896-1968)

   Sir Harold George Nicolson

   English diplomat and author (1886-1968)

   Thomas Nelson Page

   United States diplomat and writer about the Old South (1853-1922)

   Anna Eleanor Roosevelt

   wife of Franklin Roosevelt and a strong advocate of human rights (1884-1962)

   Adlai Ewing Stevenson

   United States politician and diplomat (1900-1968)

   Kurt Waldheim

   Austrian diplomat who was Secretary General of the United Nations from 1972 to 1981; in 1986 he was elected president of Austria in spite of worldwide allegations that he had direct knowledge of Nazi atrocities during World War II (born in 1918)

   types:

   ambassador, embassador

   a diplomat of the highest rank; accredited as representative from one country to another

   charge d'affaires

   the official temporarily in charge of a diplomatic mission in the absence of the ambassador

   consul

   a diplomat appointed by a government to protect its commercial interests and help its citizens in a foreign country

   envoy, envoy extraordinary, minister plenipotentiary

   a diplomat having less authority than an ambassador

   high commissioner

   a senior diplomat from one country to another who is assigned ambassadorial rank

   internuncio

   (Roman Catholic Church) a diplomatic representative of the Pope ranking below a nuncio

   diplomatic minister, minister

   a diplomat representing one government to another; ranks below ambassador

   nuncio, papal nuncio

   (Roman Catholic Church) a diplomatic representative of the Pope having ambassadorial status

   persona grata

   a diplomat who is acceptable to the government to which he is sent

   persona non grata

   a diplomat who is unacceptable to the government to which he is sent

   plenipotentiary

   a diplomat who is fully authorized to represent his or her government

   George F. Kennan, George Frost Kennan, Kennan

   United States diplomat who recommended a policy of containment in dealing with Soviet aggression (1904-2005)

   ambassadress

   a woman ambassador

   type of:

   functionary, official

   a worker who holds or is invested with an office