DIPLOMATIC, adjective 1. Pertaining to diplomas; privileged. 2. Furnished with a diploma; authorized by letters or credentials to transact business for a sovereign at a foreign court. Ministers at a court are denominated a diplomatic body. 3. Pertaining to ministers at a foreign court, or to men authorized by diploma; as a diplomatic character; diplomatic management. DIPLOMATIC, noun A minister, official agent or envoy to a foreign court.
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