plenipotentiary
plenipotentiary is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.A person invested with full power to transact any business; especially, an ambassador or envoy to a foreign court, with full power to negotiate a treaty, or to transact other business.
- 2.Containing or conferring full power; invested with full power; as, plenipotentiary license; plenipotentiary ministers. Howell.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- ablegate
- accredit
- acting
- advocate
- agent
- alter
- ambassador
- answer
- appear
- arbitrator
- archon
- attache
- attorney
- auctioneer
- bagman
- bailiff
- behalf
- brief
- broker
- business
- champion
- chancellor
- charge
- clerk
- commercial
- commissary
- commission
- commissionaire
- commissioner
- committee
- consignee
- consul
- corps
- correspondent
- curator
- delegate
- deputy
- diplomat
- diplomate
- diplomatist
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is plenipotentiary.
- What is a person invested with full power to transact any business; especially, an ambassador or envoy to a foreign court, with full power to negotiate a treaty, or to transact other business called?
- What is containing or conferring full power; invested with full power; as, plenipotentiary license; plenipotentiary ministers. Howell called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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