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# diplomat

«diplomat» in Mova's school dictionary: **A person who represents their country in another country…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a diplomat, diplomats)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A person who represents their country in another country and helps the two governments talk and agree. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diplomat/#m1)

2) Someone who is tactful: good at dealing with people without upsetting them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diplomat/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In history and citizenship, diplomats work in embassies, make treaties and try to solve problems between countries peacefully. In everyday life, calling a friend «a real diplomat» means they are good at calming arguments. Phrases: «a foreign diplomat», «a born diplomat», «diplomatic».

### examples

- The diplomat worked at the embassy in Paris. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diplomat/#x1)
- Diplomats met to try to stop the war. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diplomat/#x2)
- Her mum is a diplomat, so they have lived in four countries. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diplomat/#x3)
- Jack is a diplomat; he always stops fights in the playground. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diplomat/#x4)
- The diplomats signed a peace treaty. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diplomat/#x5)
- Be a diplomat and tell her kindly that her song was too long. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diplomat/#x6)

### note

Countable. Related words: diplomacy (the work), diplomatic (adjective). Stress on the first syllable: «DIP-lo-mat». Diplomats often have «diplomatic immunity», a special protection in the country where they work.

### In the corpora

- [China and Taiwan trade a lot with each other, and diplomats work every day to keep the peace.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/29-taiwan-china-and-the-word-tensions/20/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «diplomat» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diplomat/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.