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a person (such as a diplomat) who has complete power to do business for a government
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Recent Examples of plenipotentiary
Walpole’s most frequent correspondent was Horace Mann, the British plenipotentiary in Florence, Italy.
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Catherine Ostler,
WSJ,
15 Apr. 2022
Morris was eventually the United States’ plenipotentiary to France and spent years afterward touring Europe and having affairs there.
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Michael Brendan Dougherty,
National Review,
4 June 2019
These succeeded to the extent that a meeting was brought about in 1880 between plenipotentiaries of the three belligerents and the American Ministers accredited to those countries on board an American naval vessel in the harbor of Arica.
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Edwin M. Borchard,
Foreign Affairs,
7 Oct. 2011
Catherine Ostler,
WSJ,
15 Apr. 2022
Morris was eventually the United States’ plenipotentiary to France and spent years afterward touring Europe and having affairs there.
—
Michael Brendan Dougherty,
National Review,
4 June 2019
These succeeded to the extent that a meeting was brought about in 1880 between plenipotentiaries of the three belligerents and the American Ministers accredited to those countries on board an American naval vessel in the harbor of Arica.
—
Edwin M. Borchard,
Foreign Affairs,
7 Oct. 2011
Recent Examples of Synonyms for plenipotentiary
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My family was comfortable in the sense that my mother worked for the Canadian ambassador as their main cook.
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As an ambassador for Cystic Fibrosis Ireland, Howard is conscious of what his appearance at The Open could mean to younger people living with the condition and to their families.
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Oman recently delivered a proposal to the US and other allies on the future of the Strait of Hormuz, according to a regional diplomat and a US source familiar with the matter.
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The Supreme Court considered the meaning of the clause in a landmark case in 1898 and affirmed the rule of citizenship by birth, with rare exceptions for the children of foreign diplomats, occupying armies and members of Native American tribes.
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The trouble, rather, is that even our top foreign-policy experts and our most sophisticated diplomatists are creatures of our own cultural heritage and intellectual environment.
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The bell was joined by a container for herbs and medicines depicting the head of Ofoe, a divine emissary of the deity Ogie’uwu.
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The president’s top-two emissaries also happen to be the highest-profile potential candidates to succeed him.
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White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told Fox News on Monday that special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner would travel for the meeting.
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Ramaphosa has dispatched envoys across the continent to calm governments in countries such as Zimbabwe, Ghana, Nigeria and Mozambique, several of which have already begun evacuating their citizens.
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Kazem Gharibabadi, a senior negotiator and deputy foreign minister, denied any talks had been scheduled, in comments published by IRNA.
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Kenya’s foreign minister flew to Moscow in March to demand that Russia stop recruiting Kenyans, describing the pipeline bringing Kenyan citizens to Russia as a human trafficking ring.
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News cameras will be allowed to record and broadcast much of the hearing, the judge ruled last week over the objections of Robinson’s attorneys.
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The crucial pretrial hearing was pushed back as prosecutors and defense attorneys sparred over what evidence could be presented and if cameras would be allowed in the courtroom.
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“Plenipotentiary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plenipotentiary. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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