diplomat

[ dip-luh-mat ]

Synonyms for diplomat

MOST RELEVANT

noun. deputy

noun. person high in government

noun. person who bargains, controls discussion

noun. person who settles problem

noun. spokesperson

Word Origin & History

1813, from French diplomate, a back-formation from diplomatique (see diplomatic) on model of aristocrate from aristocratique.

Yates was naturally too much of a diplomat to begin awkwardly.

His talents as a diplomat, such as they were, were needed continually.

But your Majesty knows me as a blunt man, when I serve him not as diplomat, but as friend.

I have no delicatesse as a diplomat, but I go blind on Libertad!

Hillard understood this pantomime; the diplomat had been a share-holder.

The diplomat touched him on the arm significantly, but the player shook his head.

First of all, he went to Rome, ever the pivot of danger to an Italian diplomat.

No one--Czar or diplomat, Kaiser or Mikado--seemed to know anything.

Wars were too common in diplomacy to disturb the habits of the diplomat.

From a warrior I was forced to change myself into a diplomat.