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dip·lo·mat

   [dip-luh-mat]
noun
1.
a person appointed by a national government to conduct official negotiations and maintain political, economic, and social relations with another country or countries.
2.
a person who is tactful and skillful in managing delicate situations, handling people, etc.
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Origin:
1805–15; < French diplomate, back formation from diplomatique diplomatic

Can be confused: diplomat, diplomate.
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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diplomat (ˈdɪpləˌmæt)
 
—n
1.  an official, such as an ambassador or first secretary, engaged in diplomacy
2.  a person who deals with people tactfully or skilfully

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diplomat
1813, from Fr. diplomate, a back formation from diplomatique (see diplomatic) on model of aristocrate from aristocratique.
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