| 单词 | ambassador plenipotentiary |
| 释义 | > as lemmasambassador plenipotentiary ambassador plenipotentiary n. (also plenipotentiary ambassador) [after French ambassadeur plénipotentiaire (1647 or earlier)] now chiefly historical an ambassador with full authority to sign treaties and otherwise act on behalf of the state or monarch he or she represents. ΚΠ 1659 J. Davies tr. G. de Costes de La Calprenède Hymen's Præludia: 9th & 10th Pts. ix. iv. 179 Sending plenipotentiary Ambassadours to Caesar,..to demand of him the Princesse Julia in marriage. 1896 Irish World 4 Jan. 5/1 Disraeli gave that pledge chiefly to keep the Russians from a further advance. But he was Ambassador Plenipotentiary, and the England who sent him was bound by his pledge. 2010 A. C. Harrison Little Rock Boyhood v. 178 I advanced through every rank from Page to Ambassador Plenipotentiary in three years. ambassador plenipotentiary Usually as postmodifier, as ambassador plenipotentiary, envoy plenipotentiary, etc. See also minister plenipotentiary at minister n. 6c.extracted from plenipotentiaryadj.n.< as lemmas |
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