attaché

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

noun

1. a diplomatic official attached to an embassy or legation, especially in a technical capacity:

   a commercial attaché;

   a cultural attaché.

2. 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.

3. Also attache. attaché case.

attaché

/ ataʃe; əˈtæʃeɪ /

noun

1. a specialist attached to a diplomatic mission

   military attaché

2. a junior member of the staff of an embassy or legation

attaché

1. 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

Some nations disguise spies as attachés.

Word History and Origins

Origin of attaché¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of attaché¹

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

Example Sentences

Hicks was told by the defense attaché that the jets could have arrived in Benghazi within two to three hours.

From The Daily Beast

In 2000, FAO Schwartz made a custom version called One-of-a-Kind Monopoly, complete with a attaché case made of Napolino leather.

From The Daily Beast

And yet, when he leaked the case to Congress, he carried the institutional imprimatur of the FBI in his attaché case.

From The Daily Beast

(Haaretz) Yaakov Ayash appointed military attaché in Washington (Ynet) For the full News from Israel.

From The Daily Beast

The Prince was for five years military attaché at the Embassy under de Staal, you know.

From Project Gutenberg

I was not a pilgrim, but an engineer attaché to an expedition through Dakota and Montana, to inspect some new military posts.

From Project Gutenberg

The attaché sat down by the side of the bed, and after a short struggle broke into tears, and laid his head on the coverlid.

From Project Gutenberg

In 1541 he accompanied his sovereign to Algiers as an attaché, and in the wars there acquitted himself well.

From Project Gutenberg

You know every naval or military attaché is really more or less of a spy.

From Project Gutenberg

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