parlementairen.
/ˌpɑːlᵻm(ə)nˈtɛː/, U.S. /ˈˌpɑrləm(ə)nˈtɛ(ə)r/ A representative of a warring force sent to discuss terms with the opposing side; = parliamentary adj. 2. Now historical.
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society > armed hostility > peace > pacification > peace treaty > [noun] > mediator
mediatorc1410
treater1489
parlementaire1853
parliamentary1855
shuttle diplomat1977
1853 E. Flagg Venice: City of Sea 233 On the morning of the 31st, a parlementaire demanded unconditional surrender at mid-day, on pain of assault, pillage, ruin!
1918 Daily Chron. 8 Nov. 1/1 A question has been raised whether the German parlementaires have the power to sign an armistice.
1931 Economist 14 Nov. 892/2 The Japanese expeditionary force..began by sending parlementaires to the local Chinese military commander..who agreed to withdraw his troops ten kilometres.
1950 W. S. Churchill Second World War (1951) IV. ii. xxiv. 376 At dawn on the 21st General Klopper sent out a parlementaire with an offer to capitulate, and at 7.45 a.m. German officers came to his headquarters and accepted his surrender.
1977 Amer. Jrnl. Internat. Law 71 461 The parlementaire and the accompanying party were inviolable unless they abused their privileged position in order to provoke or commit an act of treason.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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