accredited
adjective
someone who is accredited to a particular country has been officially sent to work there by their government
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adjective
someone who is accredited to a particular country has been officially sent to work there by their government
noun
a senior official who lives in a foreign country and represents his or her own country there. An ambassador is responsible for an office called an embassy
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an official who is in charge of a particular subject or activity at an embassy (=an office for representatives of one country in another country)
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an official who represents the government of their own country in a foreign country when there is no ambassador there
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a government official sent to live in another country and look after their own country’s citizens and business interests there
the official name for the British royal court. An ambassador (=official representative) of another country who works in the UK is formally called an ambassador at the Court of St James.
noun
the profession or skill of preserving or creating friendly relationships between countries
adjective
relating to the profession or skill of preserving or creating friendly relationships between countries
noun
a bag that a government uses for sending official documents to other countries. It does not have to be examined by customs officials.
noun
a group consisting of all the foreign diplomats working in a particular country
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the special rights that diplomats have in a foreign country that protect them from the laws of that country
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a relationship between two countries in which they send diplomats to work in each other’s country
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a group of officials who represent their government in a foreign country. The most important official in an embassy is called an ambassador
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an official who represents their country in another country, with a rank below an ambassador
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a representative of a government or organization who is sent to another country to deal with a particular situation
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the office that the government of one Commonwealth country has in another Commonwealth country, similar to an embassy
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someone who represents the government of a Commonwealth country in another Commonwealth country
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someone who leads an organization of representatives of different countries who work together for a particular purpose
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an official representative, especially of a pope (=the leader of the Roman Catholic Church) or a government, who is sent to a foreign country
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an office in a foreign country where representatives of your own government work or live. It is less important than an embassy.
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an official who represents their government in a foreign country, especially someone whose rank is below that of an ambassador
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a representative of a government in a foreign country who has been given complete authority to make decisions
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a speech habit in which a speaker lowers their voice at the end of a sentence
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a mineral which is mined in a place where there is armed conflict, and sold to help pay for weapons
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