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diplomate

American  
[dip-luh-meyt] / 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.


diplomate British  
/ ˈdɪpləˌmeɪt /

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of diplomate

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

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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

At the first I had seen that Delphine must be the wife of a diplomate.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 16, February, 1859 by Various

The diplomate had her own way as she always does.

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

Tom hurried on, drawing after him the young diplomate, who would have hung back, questioning if there were any use in his witnessing the dying struggles of a delirious man.

From The Trial by Yonge, Charlotte Mary

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