plenipotentiary
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
First attested in 1645. From medieval Latin plenipotentiarius, from plenipotentia 'full powers', from plenipotens, from plēnus (“full”) + potentia (“power”).
[edit] Pronunciation
- (RP) IPA: /ˌplɛn.ɪ.pəʊˈtɛn.ʃər.i/, /ˌplɛn.ɪ.pəʊˈtɛn.ʃi.ər.i/, SAMPA: /%plEn.I.p@U"tEn.SI.@r.I/
- (US) IPA: /plɛn.ɪ.poʊˈtɛn.ʃər.i/, /plɛn.ɪ.poʊˈtɛn.ʃi.ər.i/
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[edit] Noun
plenipotentiary (plural plenipotentiaries)
- A person invested with full power, especially as the diplomatic agent of a sovereign state, (originally) charged with handling a certain matter
- 1985: Two of them are hanging up there on Golgotha, and that ought to be enough to show the authority of Rome’s ah plenipotentiary. — Anthony Burgess, Kingdom of the Wicked
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- (ambassador and) minister plenipotentiary
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[edit] Translations
person invested with supreme authority
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[edit] Adjective
plenipotentiary (not comparable)
- Invested with full power.
- Of or relating to a plenipotentiary agent
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invested with full power
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of or relating to a plenipotentiary
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