"chargé d'affaires" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ʃɑrˈʒeɪ dəˈfɛɹ/ [General-American] Forms: chargés d'affaires [plural]
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French chargé d’affaires (literally “[one] charged with matters”). Etymology templates: {{ubor|en|fr|chargé d'affaires|lit=􂀿one􂁀 charged with matters}} Unadapted borrowing from French chargé d’affaires (literally “[one] charged with matters”), {{root|en|ine-pro|*dʰeh₁-}} Head templates: {{en-noun|chargés d'affaires|nolinkhead=1}} chargé d'affaires (plural chargés d'affaires)
  1. (diplomacy) A diplomat, ranking below an ambassador, 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. Wikipedia link: chargé d'affaires Categories (topical): Diplomacy, People Synonyms: charge d'affaires Related terms: chargée d'affaires (english: if the diplomat is female) Translations (diplomat): паве́раны ў спра́вах (pavjérany ŭ správax) [masculine] (Belarusian), паве́раная ў спра́вах (pavjéranaja ŭ správax) [feminine] (Belarusian), 代辦 (Chinese Mandarin), 代办 (dàibàn) (Chinese Mandarin), chargé d'affaires [masculine] (Czech), aferŝarĝito (Esperanto), asiainhoitaja (Finnish), chargé d’affaires [masculine] (French), chargée d’affaires [feminine] (French), საქმეთა რწმუნებული (sakmeta rc̣munebuli) (Georgian), Geschäftsträger [masculine] (German), Geschäftsträgerin [feminine] (German), incaricato d'affari [masculine] (Italian), 代理大使 (dairi taishi) (english: embassy) (alt: だいりたいし) (Japanese), 代理公使 (dairi kōshi) (english: legation) (alt: だいりこうし) (Japanese), ភារធារី (phea reak thea ri) (Khmer), 대리대사 (daeridaesa) (english: embassy) (alt: 代理大使) (Korean), 대리공사 (daerigongsa) (english: legation) (alt: 代理公使) (Korean), о́тправник (ótpravnik) [masculine] (Macedonian), شارژدافر (šâržedâfer) (Persian), کاردار (kârdâr) (Persian), chargé d'affaires [masculine] (Polish), encarregado de negócios [masculine] (Portuguese), însărcinat cu afaceri [masculine] (Romanian), пове́ренный в дела́х (povérennyj v deláx) [masculine] (Russian), пове́ренная в дела́х (povérennaja v deláx) [feminine] (Russian), encargado de negocios [masculine] (Spanish), chargé-d'affaires [common-gender] (Swedish), maslahatgüzar (Turkish)

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