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Plenipotentiary

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Invested with or conferring full powers: a plenipotentiary deputy.

n. A diplomatic agent, such as an ambassador, fully authorized to represent his or her government.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A person invested with full power, especially as the diplomatic agent of a sovereign state, (originally) charged with handling a certain matter

adj. Invested with full power.

adj. Of or relating to a plenipotentiary agent

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. A person invested with full power to transact any business; especially, an ambassador or envoy to a foreign court, with full power to negotiate a treaty, or to transact other business.

adj. Containing or conferring full power; invested with full power

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Invested with, having, or bestowing full power: as, plenipotentiary authority; ministers plenipotentiary.

n. (-riz.). A person invested with full power to transact any business; specifically, an ambassador or envoy to a foreign court, furnished with full powers to negotiate a treaty or to transact other business.

n. Synonyms See ambassador, 1.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a diplomat who is fully authorized to represent his or her government

Word Usage

"It certainly does mean minister, but only a Minister of State, which a minister plenipotentiary is not."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

diplomatist diplomat

Form

minister plenipotentiary

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

absolute diplomatic agent plenipotent

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

d'affaires embassador governor general legation consul