the diplomatic servicenoun [ S, + sing/pl verb ]
uk/ˌdɪp.lə.mæt.ɪk ˈsɜː.vɪs/us/ˌdɪp.lə.mæt̬.ɪk ˈsɝː.vɪs/the government department that employs people to represent their country in other parts of the world
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International relations: diplomacy & mediation
- ambassador
- ambassadorial
- appease
- attaché
- bargaining chip
- diplomat
- diplomatic
- diplomatic bag
- diplomatic corps
- diplomatic immunity
- intercede
- intercession
- intermediary
- internationalism
- interventionist
- legation
- liaison
- mediate
- middleman
- Pax
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UK politics: government departments & organizations
Examples from literature
- But it was after he went into the diplomatic service that the real trouble began.
- Father had two or three acquaintances in the diplomatic service at Washington.
- From his early boyhood he aspired to enter the diplomatic service.
- My grandfather met her when he was in the diplomatic service.
- The department of state conducts the foreign affairs of the government chiefly through the diplomatic service and the consular service.