单词 | diplomatist |
释义 | diplomatistn. a. One engaged in official diplomacy. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > international politics or relations > diplomacy > [noun] > diplomat diplomatic1791 diplomat1813 diplomatist1815 diplomatician1821 diplomatical1830 1815 J. Mackintosh Speech in Commons 27 Apr. in Wks. (1846) III. 317 Long familiarity with the smooth and soft manners of diplomatists. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 246 Diplomatists, as a class, have always been more distinguished by their address..than by generous enthusiasm or austere rectitude. 1860 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) V. 219 So accomplished a diplomatist as Paget could only despise the tricks which he was ordered to practise. b. One characterized by diplomatic address; a shrewd and crafty person. ΚΠ 1826 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey II. iii. i. 14 Vivian..dropped the diplomatist altogether, and was explicit enough for a Spartan. c. attributive. ΚΠ attributive. 1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia II. vii. iv. 205 The Diplomatist world of Berlin is in a fuss. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < |
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