corps diplomatique
Britishnoun
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At the Cite de l’Architecture, a wing of the Palais de Chaillot, you can have a look behind the closed doors even if you don’t know anybody in the French administration or the corps diplomatique.
From BusinessWeek ● Jan. 4, 2012
Pious Jugoslavs, shivering bareheaded in the chilling rain, prayed aloud in unison as the stately Orthodox service began in Belgrade Cathedral, pack-jammed with royalty, statesmen and the corps diplomatique.
From Time Magazine Archive
Ambassadors of the Great Powers once again remained in Berlin, again fumed at "the impertinence of this ignoramus in inviting the corps diplomatique to a party caucus!"
From Time Magazine Archive
The North Vietnamese cars bear the green-and-orange plates of the corps diplomatique.
From Time Magazine Archive
I am completely among the corps diplomatique of all nations, and through the unceasing attentions of Sir H. Seymour my position is a most gratifying one.
From Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. I by Edmund Downey
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