diplomatic corps
Americannoun
noun
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A former British diplomat said Andrew was jokingly called “His Buffoon Highness” by members of the diplomatic corps in the Middle East.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025
Hassilev attended Harvard for a year, but dissatisfied with the Ivy League atmosphere, he transferred to the University of Chicago with the idea of going into the diplomatic corps.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2024
The letter is somewhat unusual for a diplomatic corps that is usually reluctant to engage in such fights publicly.
From New York Times ● Feb. 6, 2024
Larbaoui, the incoming prime minister, rose from being an athlete on Algeria‘s national handball team to a member of the country’s diplomatic corps, having served as Algeria‘s ambassador to Egypt and the United Nations.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 12, 2023
Headlines like “Untouchability Banished in India: Worshipped in America,” which appeared in a Bombay newspaper in 1951, mortified the US diplomatic corps.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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