attaché

at·ta·ché

A0507400 (ăt′ə-shā′, ă-tă-)n.1. A person officially assigned to the staff of a diplomatic mission to serve in a particular capacity: a cultural attaché; a military attaché.2. An attaché case.

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[French, from past participle of attacher, to attach, from Old French attachier; see attach.]

attaché

(əˈtæʃeɪ; French ataʃe) n1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a specialist attached to a diplomatic mission: military attaché. 2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) Brit a junior member of the staff of an embassy or legation[C19: from French: someone attached (to a mission), from attacher to attach]

at•ta•ché

(æ tæˈʃeɪ, ˌæt ə-; esp. Brit. əˈtæʃ eɪ)
n., pl. -chés. 1. a diplomatic official or a military officer assigned to an embassy or legation in a foreign country, esp. in a technical capacity. 2. Also, at`ta•che′. attaché case. [1825–35; < French: past participle of attacher to attach]

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Noun

1.attache - a specialist assigned to the staff of a diplomatic missiondiplomatic mission - a mission serving diplomatic endscultural attache - an attache who is a specialist in cultural mattersmilitary attache - an attache who is a specialist in military mattersspecialiser, specialist, specializer - an expert who is devoted to one occupation or branch of learning

2.attache - a shallow and rectangular briefcaseattache casebriefcase - a case with a handle; for carrying papers or files or books