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DIPLOMATIC AGENTS(law)

diplomatic (iou)



diplomatic adjective & noun. E18.
[(French diplomatique based on) mod. Latin diplomaticus, from Latin diploma DIPLOMA: see -IC.]
A. adjective.
Of or pertaining to official or original documents, charters, or manuscripts; textual. E18.
diplomatic copy, diplomatic edition: exactly reproducing an original.
Of or pertaining to the management of international relations; of or belonging to diplomacy. L18.
diplomatic bag: that contains official mail from an embassy etc. diplomatic corps the body of ambassadors and their staff attached to a court or seat of government. diplomatic immunity immunity from legal action possessed by virtue of belonging to the diplomatic mission of a foreign State. diplomatic service the branch of the public service which is concerned with the official representation of a country abroad.
H. Macmillan Diplomatic relations were re-established at the level of charge d'affaires.
Skilled in negotiations or relations of any kind; tactful; (of a statement etc.) uncandid, subtle. E19.
H. James I'm diplomatic and calculatingI don't show him how bad I am.
b. noun.
A diplomat. L18.
sing. & in pl. (treated as sing.). The diplomatic art; diplomacy. L18.
W. Taylor Our ministers are not great in diplomatics.
sing. & in pl. The palaeographic and critical study of old documents. E19.
W. A. Pantin These administrative records..have an archaeology or a diplomatic of their own.
diplomatical adjective = DIPLOMATIC adjective 1, 2 L18.
diplomatically adverb M19.