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chargés d'affaires

Variant of chargé d'affaires

  1. a diplomatic official who temporarily takes the place of a minister or ambassador
  2. a diplomatic officer of the lowest rank who sometimes heads a low-level mission in a foreign nation

Origin: Fr, lit., entrusted with business

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