chargés d'affaires

Variant of chargé d'affaires

chargé d'affaires definition

chargé· d'af·faires (s̸här z̸hā′ də fer′)

  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

Etymology: Fr, lit., entrusted with business

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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