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
Example Sentences
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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
The German diplomatist was at the British Foreign Office at the unprecedented hour of 9:55 o'clock the next morning, two minutes before Captain Eden.
From Time Magazine Archive
Opposite was Britain's Prime Minister Eden, famed diplomatist, epitome of the British faith in adjustments, not solutions.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mr. Hull, through his devotion to the President and to the nation, has proved himself the most heroically unselfish, able, and effectual diplomatist practicing in the world today.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mrs. Ballou was clever, but she was no diplomatist.
From Out of a Labyrinth by Lynch, Lawrence L.
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