Meaning of Plenipotentiary | Babel Free
ˌplɛn.ɪ.pəʊˈtɛn.ʃəɹ.iDefinitions
A person invested with full powers, especially as the diplomatic agent of a sovereign state, (originally) charged with handling a certain matter.
Equivalents
العربية
المفوّض
Čeština
zplnomocněnec
Español
plenipotenciario
Suomi
täysivaltainen
Français
plénipotentiaire
Bahasa Indonesia
wali
Português
plenipotenciário
Română
plenipotențiar
Українська
повнова́жний
Examples
“None but the like-minded can come⟳ plenipotentiary to our court.”
“1937, P. G. Wodehouse, 'Lord Emsworth and Others', Overlook, Woodstock: 2002, p 232. Meeting him in the street and ignoring the foul bowler hat he wore on his walks abroad, you would have⟳ put⟳ him down as a Bishop in mufti or, at the least, a plenipotentiary at one of the better courts.”
“Two of them are hanging up there on Golgotha, and that ought to be enough to show⟳ the authority of Rome’s ah plenipotentiary.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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