chargé d'affaires

[ shahr-zhey duh-fair, shahr-zhey; French shar-zhey da-fer ]

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noun

, Government.

, plural char·gés d'af·faires [shahr-, zheyz, d, uh, -, fair, shahr, -zheyz, sh, a, r, -zhey d, a, -, fer].

Also called chargé d'affaires ad interim. an official placed in charge of diplomatic business during the temporary absence of the ambassador or minister.
an envoy to a state to which a diplomat of higher grade is not sent.

chargé d'affaires

/ ˈʃɑːʒeɪ dæˈfɛə; ʃarʒe dafɛr /

the temporary head of a diplomatic mission in the absence of the ambassador or minister
the head of a diplomatic mission of the lowest level

1760–70; < French: literally, one in charge of things

C18: from French: (one) charged with affairs

I communicate in like manner a letter from the British charge d'affaires to the Secretary of State, with the answer of the latter.

A charge d'affaires has been received from the independent Government of Brazil.

My first visit was paid to Count Marulli, the Florentine charge d'affaires.

On the 19th of June he received the accredited charge d'affaires of the Republic of Colombia.

From the hour of my arrival I am haunted by this one image—the Charge d'Affaires.

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