plenipotentiary
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English
Etymology
From Medieval Latin plēnipotentiārius (“having full power”), Late Latin plēnipotēns, from plēnus (“full”) + potēns (“mighty, powerful”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌplɛn.ɪ.pəʊˈtɛn.ʃəɹ.i/, /ˌplɛn.ɪ.pəʊˈtɛn.ʃi.əɹ.i/
- (General American) IPA(key): /plɛn.ɪ.poʊˈtɛn.ʃ(i)əɹ.i/, /plɛn.ɪ.pəˈtɛn.ʃi.ɛɹ.i/
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Noun
plenipotentiary (plural plenipotentiaries)
- A person invested with full powers, especially as the diplomatic agent of a sovereign state, (originally) charged with handling a certain matter.
- 1859, Henry David Thoreau, A Plea for Captain John Brown:
- 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.
- 1985, Anthony Burgess, Kingdom of the Wicked:
- Two of them are hanging up there on Golgotha, and that ought to be enough to show the authority of Rome’s ah plenipotentiary.
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:plenipotentiary.
Derived terms
- (ambassador and) minister plenipotentiary
Translations
person invested with supreme authority
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Adjective
plenipotentiary (not comparable)
- Invested with full power.
- Of or relating to a plenipotentiary agent
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:plenipotentiary.
Synonyms
Translations
invested with full power
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of or relating to a plenipotentiary
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