A plenipotentiary is a person fully authorized to represent a government, especially a diplomatic agent.
Un plenipotenciario es una persona plenamente autorizada para representar a un gobierno, especialmente un agente diplomático.
| Front | plenipotentiary \plen-uh-puh-TEN-shee-er-ee, -shuh-ree\ |
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| Back | noun A person, such as a diplomatic agent, fully authorized to represent a government. adjective Invested with full power. [Since the mid-17th century a plenipotentiary has been "a person and especially a diplomatic agent invested with full power to transact business". (In Latin, plenus means full; potent means powerful). The term is rarely used these days in regular communication, but it endures in the diplomatic corps, where the minister plenipotentiary ranks below ambassador.] "On Wednesday, Blair officially resigned as Britain's prime minister and immediately took on the role of senior plenipotentiary for the so-called Middle East Quartet -- the United States, the United Nations, the European Union and Russia." |
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