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  • noun An official associated with an embassy.

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Examples

  • NEWSWEEK has learned that some of the press reports most damaging to the Ramseys -- no sign of forced entry at the house on the night of the murder; the absence of footprints in the snow; semen on Jon-Benet's body; even an accent mark on the word attache in the ransom note-are wrong.

    Complications In The Case 2008

  • About three years ago I met a military attache from the Embassy at Constantinople, and he told me that in one rebellion there the Turkish troops had lost 80,000 men, with all their equipment, all their artillery-everything.

    The Present Crisis in Turkey 1908

  • The attache is a credible and honorable fellow, and talks of these matters as if he positively believed them.

    Passages from the English Notebooks, Volume 1. Nathaniel Hawthorne 1834

  • The attache is a credible and honorable fellow, and talks of these matters as if he positively believed them.

    Passages from the English Notebooks, Complete Nathaniel Hawthorne 1834

  • Urd Milbury, cultural attache from the Norwegian Embassy in Washington, D.C., and her husband, Todd, teach NPR's Lynn Neary how to make the holiday treat.

    News 2011

  • The writer's unusual use of the decimal point and zeros hints to Van Zandt that he or she may have seen the bonus check and was reflecting the style in which the number was written. 4 - This phrasing and words like 'attache' are uncommon in ransom notes.

    A Case Forever Unraveling 2008

  • Carrying an "attache" filled with nothing but 14K gold 'Cross' pens is simply the epitome ---the absolute pinnacle of success and prosperity in American life !

    Thanks to all who came to the Althouse reader meetup last night. Ann Althouse 2008

  • By becoming an "attache," he automatically became a German citizen.

    The Rise and Fall of Adolf Hitler Shirer, William L 1961

  • He addedthe FBI had 60 "attache" offices around the world as well as special agents embedded with police forces in countries such as Romania,

    Analysis 2010

  • Even a Department of Education "attache" making $632,000 a year while suffering in PARIS FRANCE is scheduled for the Obama "Marie Antoinette" guillotine ..

    Capitol Hill Coffee House 2009

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