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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