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charges d'affaires

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char⋅gé d'af⋅faires

  [shahr-zhey duh-fair, shahr-zhey; Fr. shar-zhey da-fer]
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–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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char·gé d'af·faires   (shär-zhā' də-fâr', dä-)   
n.   pl. char·gés d'affaires (-zhā', -zhāz')

  1. A diplomat who temporarily substitutes for an absent ambassador or minister.

  2. A diplomat of the lowest rank, accredited by one government to the minister of foreign affairs of another.


[French : chargé, charged, in charge + de, with, of + affaires, affairs.]
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