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charge daffaires

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char⋅gé d'af⋅faires

[shahr-zhey duh-fair, shahr-zhey; Fr. shar-zhey da-fer]
–noun, plural char⋅gés d'af⋅faires [shahr-zheyz duh-fair, shahr-zheyz; Fr. shar-zhey da-fer] . Government.
1. Also called chargé d'affaires ad interim. an official placed in charge of diplomatic business during the temporary absence of the ambassador or minister.
2. an envoy to a state to which a diplomat of higher grade is not sent.

Origin:
1760–70; < F: lit., one in charge of things
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