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chargé d'affaires

 
Dictionary: char·gé d'af·faires   (shär-zhā' də-fâr', dä-) pronunciation
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n., pl., char·gés d'affaires (-zhā', -zhāz').
  1. A diplomat who temporarily substitutes for an absent ambassador or minister.
  2. A diplomat of the lowest rank, accredited by one government to the minister of foreign affairs of another.

[French : chargé, charged, in charge + de, with, of + affaires, affairs.]


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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: the official temporarily in charge of a diplomatic mission in the absence of the ambassador

 
 
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