chargé d'affaires

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French chargé d'affaires (literally [one] charged with matters).

Pronunciation

Noun

chargé d'affaires (plural chargés d'affaires)

  1. A diplomat, ranking below an ambassador, who heads a diplomatic mission when no ambassador is present, either temporarily (in the interim between the departure of one ambassador and the accreditation of another) or for an extended time.
  • chargée d'affaires (if the diplomat is female)

Translations


French

Noun

chargé d'affaires m (plural chargés d'affaires)

  1. chargé d'affaires
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