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attaché
[a-ta-shey, at-uh-, uh-tash-ey]
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 /
noun
a specialist attached to a diplomatic mission
military attaché
a junior member of the staff of an embassy or legation
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.
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of attaché1
Example Sentences
“It’s been a longstanding Soviet and Russian objective to split the U.S. from Europe. As we saw before the invasion and since,” said John Foreman, former U.K. defense attaché to Moscow and Kyiv and an associate fellow at Chatham House.
Defense attaché in Moscow John Foreman said Belarus also has worked to de-escalate tensions with the West by pulling the exercises away from the border regions of Poland and took the initiative to warn Poland last week that Russian drones were crossing into Polish airspace.
In his left hand, he carried an attache case.
She asked him to put his attache case beneath the seat in front of him.
Ali Al-Ansari, media attache at the Qatari Embassy in Washington, did not respond to a request for comment.
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