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.

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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

Example Sentences

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

Mais que faire?" coolly retorted the calm diplomate; "of two evil courses it was the better—I never said more of it.

From Diary And Notes Of Horace Templeton, Esq. Volume II (of II) by Lever, Charles James

"Oh no, that were too much—even though his majesty did say—that you were the most agreeable diplomate he had met for a long time."

From The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer — Volume 6 by Lever, Charles James

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 Broughton, Rhoda

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