diplomatic corps

noun

1. the entire body of diplomats accredited to and resident at a court or capital.

diplomatic corps

noun

1. the entire body of diplomats accredited to a given state

Example Sentences

A former British diplomat said Andrew was jokingly called “His Buffoon Highness” by members of the diplomatic corps in the Middle East.

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When the future empress of Japan entered the country’s elite diplomatic corps in 1987, a year after a major equal employment law went into effect, she was one of only three female recruits.

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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.

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The letter is somewhat unusual for a diplomatic corps that is usually reluctant to engage in such fights publicly.

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Mr. Tarnoff was part of a cohort of Foreign Service officers who, inspired by the words of President John F. Kennedy, joined the American diplomatic corps in the early 1960s.

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Related Words

• embassy