chargé d'affaires

[ shahr-zheyduh-fair, shahr-zhey; French shar-zhey da-fer ]

/ ʃɑrˈʒeɪ dəˈfɛər, ˈʃɑr ʒeɪ; French ʃar ʒeɪ daˈfɛr /

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noun, plural char·gés d'af·faires

[shahr-zheyzduh-fair, shahr-zheyz; French shar-zhey da-fer]. /ʃɑrˈʒeɪz dəˈfɛər, ˈʃɑr ʒeɪz; French ʃar ʒeɪ daˈfɛr/. Government.

Also called chargé d'affaires ad interim. an official placed in charge of diplomatic business during the temporary absence of the ambassador or minister.

an envoy to a state to which a diplomat of higher grade is not sent.

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Origin of chargé d'affaires

1760–70; <French: literally, one in charge of things

Words nearby chargé d'affaires

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How to use chargé d'affaires in a sentence

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The mother's lips could not finish the charge she was about to put upon her innocent child.
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Louis was not less astonished at this charge, than the Empress had been at the communication which aroused it.
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British Dictionary definitions for chargé d'affaires

chargé d'affaires

/ (ˈʃɑːʒeɪ dæˈfɛə, French ʃarʒe dafɛr) /

noun plural chargés d'affaires (ˈʃɑːʒeɪ, -ʒeɪz, French ʃarʒe)

the temporary head of a diplomatic mission in the absence of the ambassador or minister

the head of a diplomatic mission of the lowest level

Word Origin for chargé d'affaires

C18: from French: (one) charged with affairs

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