diplomatic service

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diplomatic service

noun diplomatic services

  1. The body of diplomats and foreign policy officers maintained by the government of a country to communicate with the governments of other countries. It was written of Henry George Ward, M.P. for Sheffield from 1837 to 1849, that "he was also much occupied with railway enterprise in the days of early speculation." This suggests a hard-bitten man of commerce, but Ward had served in the Diplomatic Service and he was Minister Plenipotentiary to Mexi

    Similar: foreign service

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noun body of diplomats

中文外交部 wàijiāobù
Françaisservice diplomatique

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@misc{diplomatic_service_2026,
  title = {diplomatic service},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/diplomatic%20service},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}