A secretary or official secretary. Obsolete or alien. The French equivalent is sometimes applied to the chief secretary of an embassy, and the…

A person on the staff of another person, establishment, or organization; spec. a person on the staff of an ambassador, having a specialized area of…

a diplomat responsible for the dealings of an embassy with the press; also in extended use.

A senior officer in the diplomatic service, especially in the larger British missions to foreign and Commonwealth countries; also a senior officer…

an embassy official responsible for promoting cultural relations between his or her country and that to which he or she is posted.