Thesaurus results for DIPLOMATS

diplomats

noun

plural of diplomat

as in ambassadors

a person sent by a country's government to represent it in a foreign country They arranged a dinner to welcome the foreign diplomats. She served as a U.S. diplomat in France for several years.

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Recent Examples of diplomats While most are career diplomats, many are political appointees awarded the prestigious jobs for their support of the president, according to former Ambassador Dennis Jett, a Penn State University professor. —

Graham Kates, CBS News, 3 Oct. 2024 European countries have begun pulling their diplomats and citizens out of Lebanon. —

Aamer Madhani, TIME, 1 Oct. 2024 Germany sent a military plane to evacuate diplomats’ relatives and others. —

Josef Federman, TIME, 1 Oct. 2024 Some European countries began pulling their diplomats and citizens out of Lebanon on Monday. —

Josef Federman, TIME, 1 Oct. 2024 But the Israeli military’s increasingly bellicose statements pointing to an imminent ground invasion have cooled as diplomats on the sidelines of the United General Assembly rushed to secure a pause in the fighting. —

NBC News, 28 Sep. 2024