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English
Noun
diplomate (plural diplomates)
- A professional who has earned a diploma.
1860, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, “Napoleon III in Italy”, in Poems before Congress, London: Chapman and Hall, , →OCLC, stanza XV, page 16:You think he could barter and cheat / As vulgar diplomates use, / With the people's heart in his breast?
Verb
diplomate (third-person singular simple present diplomates, present participle diplomating, simple past and past participle diplomated)
- (transitive) To award a diploma to.
References
- “diplomate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “diplomate”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN.
French
Etymology
Back-formation from diplomatique.
Pronunciation
Noun
diplomate m or f by sense (plural diplomates)
- diplomat
- pastry made from leftover pastries, crushed biscuits
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Italian
Adjective
diplomate
- feminine plural of diplomato
Noun
diplomate f
- plural of diplomata
Latin
Noun
dīplōmate
- ablative singular of dīplōma
Norman
Etymology
Borrowed from French diplomate.
Noun
diplomate m or f (plural diplomates)
- (Jersey) diplomat
Spanish
Verb
diplomate
- second-person singular voseo imperative of diplomar combined with te