attaché

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

/ æ tæˈʃeɪ, ˌæt ə- or, especially British, əˈtæʃ eɪ /

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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 at·ta·che . attaché case.

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Origin of attaché

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

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH attaché

attach, attaché

Words nearby attaché

att., atta, attaboy, attacca, attach, attaché, attaché case, attached, attachment, attachment disorder, attachment of earnings

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How to use attaché in a sentence

The biggest decision the Space Force faces at the moment is how widespread the diplomatic corps will be and which host countries will get an attaché.
The U.S Will Soon Have Space Force Ambassadors Around the World|Jeffrey Kluger|August 4, 2022|Time
Her father, Josef, was a member of the Czechoslovak Foreign Service and served as press attaché in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, and later became ambassador to Yugoslavia.
Madeleine Albright passes away at 84|Brody Levesque|March 23, 2022|Washington Blade
I had a very old, rather beautiful leather attaché case, which I thought was exactly the sort of thing that a spy would wander around in.
The Mom Who Stole the Blueprints for the Atomic Bomb (The Freakonomics Radio Book Club Ep. 11)|Sarah Lyall|September 25, 2021|Freakonomics
A tutor at college and a Museum attache; very jocular; given to personal witticisms, which were often aimed at Goriot.
Repertory Of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A -- Z|Anatole Cerfberr and Jules Franois Christophe

On n'y apprend rien de nouveau, et cependant il attache et intresse.
Baron d'Holbach|Max Pearson Cushing
He was no less a personage than the attache, of whom she had written to Pamela, and his name was Victor Maurien.
Theo|Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett
In the discussion which followed the conclusion of the story of the Naval Attache the gentleman with the pearl took no part.
In the Fog|Richard Harding Davis
He caught up his glass, and slapped the Naval Attache violently upon the shoulder.
In the Fog|Richard Harding Davis

British Dictionary definitions for attaché

attaché

/ (əˈtæʃeɪ, French ataʃe) /

noun

a specialist attached to a diplomatic missionmilitary attaché

British a junior member of the staff of an embassy or legation

Word Origin for attaché

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

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Cultural definitions for attaché

attaché

[ (a-ta-shay, at-uh-shay) ]

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

notes for attaché

Some nations disguise spies as attachés.

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Origin of attaché

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British Dictionary definitions for attaché

Word Origin for attaché

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