Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Fully unacceptable or unwelcome, especially to a foreign government.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who is not acceptable; one who is not in favor.
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- noun A person who is not
welcome , especially adiplomat in aforeign country .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a diplomat who is unacceptable to the government to which he is sent
- noun a person who for some reason is not wanted or welcome
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Late Latin persōna nōn grāta : Latin persōna, person + Latin nōn, not + Latin grāta, feminine of grātus, acceptable.]
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Latin persona ("person") + non ("not") + grata (from gratus ("acceptable")).
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