Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A diplomat who temporarily substitutes for an absent ambassador or minister.
- noun A diplomat of the lowest rank, accredited by one government to the minister of foreign affairs of another.
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- noun A
diplomat , ranking below anambassador , 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.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[French : chargé, charged, in charge + de, with, of + affaires, affairs.]
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Borrowing from French chargé d'affaires (literally "[one] charged with matters").
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