an official, such as an ambassador or first secretary, engaged in diplomacy
2.
a person who deals with people tactfully or skilfully
diplomatist in American English
(dɪˈploumətɪst)
noun
1. Brit old-fashioned
a Foreign Office employee officially engaged as a diplomat
2.
a person who is astute and tactful in any negotiation or relationship
Word origin
[1805–15; diplomat(ic) + -ist]This word is first recorded in the period 1805–15. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: diminishing returns, one-sided, phase, polarization, soufflé-ist is a suffix of nouns, often corresponding to verbs ending in -ize or nouns ending in -ism, that denote a person who practices or is concerned with something, or holds certainprinciples, doctrines, etc. Other words that use the affix -ist include: apologist, machinist, novelist, realist, socialist
Examples of 'diplomatist' in a sentence
diplomatist
By nature Antony was a scrapper, and a dirty one, not a diplomatist.