minister plenipotentiary

noun

First recorded in 1635–45

My confidence in our minister plenipotentiary in London continues undiminished.

The ambassador was accompanied by the minister plenipotentiary, and followed by his page and interpreter.

Copies of all the papers, relative to the supplies, are in the hands of the Minister Plenipotentiary.

From 1805 until 1808 he was the minister plenipotentiary of the United States in Spain.

So now they all went over that document, signed by none less than Pakenham himself, minister plenipotentiary for Great Britain.

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