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Charge d'affaires   /tʃɑrdʒ dəfˈɛrz/   Listen
Charge d'affaires

noun
1.
The official temporarily in charge of a diplomatic mission in the absence of the ambassador.





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... 1794 (25th Messidor, year II), the representatives of the people with the army of Italy ordered that General Bonaparte should proceed to Genoa, there, conjointly with the French 'charge d'affaires', to confer on certain subjects with the Genoese Government. This mission, together with a list of secret instructions, directing him to examine the fortresses of Genoa and the neighbouring country, ...
— The Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte • Bourrienne, Constant, and Stewarton
... his pieces, which we saw the other evening at the theatre—"Con tigo, pan y cebolla," (With thee, bread and onions,) is delightful. Besides occupying a place in the Cabinet of Mexico, he has been Charge d'Affaires in Holland, and Minister at the Court of St. James. In conversation he is extremely witty and agreeable, and he has collected some good paintings and valuable books in the course ...
— Life in Mexico • Frances Calderon De La Barca


Words linked to "Charge d'affaires" :   diplomat, diplomatist


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