chargé d'affaires (English, noun)
expansion: chargé d'affaires (plural chargés d'affaires)
Senses:
topics: diplomacy
government
politics
glosses: A diplomat, ranking below an ambassador, who heads a diplomatic mission when no ambassador is present, either temporarily (in the interim between the departure of one ambassador and the accreditation of another) or for an extended time.
Forms:
form: chargés d'affaires
tags: plural
form: charge d'affaires
tags: alternative