Synonyms for plenipotentiary

Grammar : Noun

Spell : plen-uh-puh-ten-shee-er-ee, -shuh-ree

Phonetic Transcription : ˌplɛn ə pəˈtɛn ʃiˌɛr i, -ʃə ri

Définition of plenipotentiary

Origin : 1640s, from French plénipotentiaire and directly from Medieval Latin plenipotentiarius "having full power," from Late Latin plenipotens, from Latin plenus "full" (see plenary) + potentem "powerful" (see potent). As a noun from 1650s.

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Example sentences :

Thomas Jefferson came over to Paris as plenipotentiary in his stead.
Extract from : « Benjamin Franklin » by Paul Elmer More

"Bismarck is my tool, my plenipotentiary," he declared to his friends.
Extract from : « Dreamers of the Ghetto » by I. Zangwill

And my uncle was there in his official capacity as a a plenipotentiary.
Extract from : « Romance » by Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer

He was the plenipotentiary of a powerful religious order—no matter.
Extract from : « Romance » by Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer

As a plenipotentiary extraordinary I admit I'm a teetotal failure.
Extract from : « Sundry Accounts » by Irvin S. Cobb

The archduke, however, was very indulgent to his plenipotentiary.
Extract from : « History of the United Netherlands, 1600-09, Vol. IV. Complete » by John Lothrop Motley

He was a plenipotentiary on the occasion of the second Treaty of Paris in 1815.
Extract from : « Memoirs of the Duchesse de Dino v.1/3, 1831-1835 » by Dorothy Duchesse de Dino

A British plenipotentiary 'advised' the re-established Tewfik.
Extract from : « The River War » by Winston S. Churchill

The Sheikhs word must not be broken, concluded the plenipotentiary.
Extract from : « The Cradle of Mankind » by W.A. Wigram

He felt as proud of his commission as if Her Majesty had made him a plenipotentiary.
Extract from : « Rogues and Vagabonds » by George R. Sims

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