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attaché

[ a-ta-shey, at-uh-or, especially British, uh-tash-ey ]

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noun

a diplomatic official attached to an embassy or legation, especially in a technical capacity:
a commercial attaché;
a cultural attaché.
a military officer who is assigned to a diplomatic post in a foreign country in order to gather military information:
an air attaché;
an army attaché;
a naval attaché.
Also attache. attaché case.

attaché

/ ataʃe; əˈtæʃeɪ /

attaché

A diplomatic officer attached to an embassy or consulate. Most attachés have specialties, such as military attachés, cultural attachés, economic attachés, and so forth.

Some nations disguise spies as attachés.

1825–35; < French: literally, attached, past participle of attacher to attach

C19: from French: someone attached (to a mission), from attacher to attach

A tutor at college and a Museum attache; very jocular; given to personal witticisms, which were often aimed at Goriot.

On n'y apprend rien de nouveau, et cependant il attache et intresse.

He was no less a personage than the attache, of whom she had written to Pamela, and his name was Victor Maurien.

In the discussion which followed the conclusion of the story of the Naval Attache the gentleman with the pearl took no part.

He caught up his glass, and slapped the Naval Attache violently upon the shoulder.

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