diplomatist
Americannoun
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British Older Use. a Foreign Office employee officially engaged as a diplomat.
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a person who is astute and tactful in any negotiation or relationship.
noun
Etymology
Origin of diplomatist
First recorded in 1805–15; diplomat(ic) + -ist
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Even wise, cool heads, such as the French diplomatist Jean-Marie Guéhenno, are seriously countenancing the idea that a no-deal Brexit may be better than prolonging the agony.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 9, 2019
France's monumental diplomatist of the 19th century was Talleyrand, who, said Mirabeau, would sell his soul for money, "and he would be right, for he would be exchanging dung for gold."
From Time Magazine Archive
Able diplomatist that he is, His Holiness had foreseen that the Allies would fight.
From Time Magazine Archive
Couve, a brilliant, civilized, highly trained diplomatist, who among his colleagues would usually be seeking any new avenue of compromise, was now plainly little more than a messenger boy for le grand Charles.
From Time Magazine Archive
He was, however, supreme as a diplomatist and administrator.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" by Various
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