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- French · borrowed fromchargé d'affaires
- English todaychargé d'affaires
Unadapted borrowing from French chargé d'affaires (literally “[one] charged with matters”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
chargé d'affaires
Today it means: 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. Full definition →
French chargé d'affaires