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plenipotentiary
[ plen-uh-puh-ten-shee-er-ee, -shuh-ree ]
noun
- a person, especially a diplomatic agent, invested with full power or authority to transact business on behalf of another.
adjective
- invested with full power or authority, as a diplomatic agent.
- conferring or bestowing full power, as a commission.
- absolute or full, as power.
plenipotentiary
/ ˌplɛnɪpəˈtɛnʃərɪ /
adjective
- (esp of a diplomatic envoy) invested with or possessing full power or authority
- conferring full power or authority
- (of power or authority) full; absolute
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Origin of plenipotentiary1
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Example Sentences
There was no American plenipotentiary empowered to make any political compact with the Islanders.
A day or two after the new plenipotentiary had set out on his mission, he received a touching letter from his master.
He appears as it were the latter's unacknowledged representative ashore, a plenipotentiary without credentials.
None but the like-minded can come plenipotentiary to our court.
So far, we have alluded only to the instructions prepared before plenipotentiary departure.
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