diplomate

American  

[dip-luh-mayt] / ˈdɪp ləˌmeɪt /

noun

1. a person who has received a diploma, especially a doctor, engineer, etc., who has been certified as a specialist by a board within the appropriate profession.

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diplomate British  

/ ˈdɪpləˌmeɪt /

noun

1. any person who has been granted a diploma, esp a physician certified as a specialist

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Etymology

Origin of diplomate

First recorded in 1875–80; diplom(a) + -ate ¹

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Example Sentences

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diplomate

Fernando del Paso, 83, the widely honored Mexican diplomate, novelist and poet died Wednesday, announced the University of Guadalaja, where he was its library director.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 16, 2018

I am now board certified and a diplomate of the American Board of Neurosurgery.

From Time Magazine Archive

"It would hardly be the thing for me to call," said the diplomate.

From Laicus; Or, the Experiences of a Layman in a Country Parish. by Lyman Abbott

Then follows an unencumbered man, whose speech bewrayeth him to be a diplomate, and who has a great deal to say to the smart woman.

From Doctor Cupid by Rhoda Broughton

He was too good a diplomate to be pumped in that simple way by such a one as Archibald Currie.

From The American Senator by Anthony Trollope

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