Charge d'affaires

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Char`ge´ d'af`faires´

A diplomatic representative, or minister of an inferior grade, accredited by the government of one state to the minister of foreign affairs of another; also, a substitute, ad interim, for an ambassador or minister plenipotentiary.

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charge d'affaires - the official temporarily in charge of a diplomatic mission in the absence of the ambassador

diplomat, diplomatist - an official engaged in international negotiations

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As for Tapeworm, the Charge d'Affaires, he rose up in his box and bowed and simpered, as if he would represent the whole empire.

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Has not your excellency heard that the French charge d'affaires was robbed six months ago within five hundred paces of Velletri?

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