Synonyms for persona grata

Grammar : Noun

Spell : per-soh-nah grah-tah; English per-soh-nuh grah-tuh, grey-tuh, grat-uh

Phonetic Transcription : pɛrˈsoʊ nɑ ˈgrɑ tɑ; English pərˈsoʊ nə ˈgrɑ tə, ˈgreɪ tə, ˈgræt ə

Définition of persona grata

noun welcome person

Example sentences :

And he must find out whether the Crawleighs regarded him as a persona grata.
Extract from : « Lady Lilith » by Stephen McKenna

Harvey attended the King to Oxford where he was at once received as a persona grata.
Extract from : « William Harvey » by D'Arcy Powers

But would the heretic have been persona grata to the later time?
Extract from : « The Mediaeval Mind (Volume II of II) » by Henry Osborn Taylor

The censor is not for the moment a persona grata, but let us give him his due.
Extract from : « Ancient Art and Ritual » by Jane Ellen Harrison

He is a prince in the city, a persona grata wherever he chooses to go.
Extract from : « The Evil Shepherd » by E. Phillips Oppenheim

It might have offered to recall Chauvelin, and to substitute Maret, a man known to be a persona grata to Pitt.
Extract from : « William Pitt and the Great War » by John Holland Rose

Towards the end of his life he frequently presided over the meetings of its Committee, amongst whom he was ever a persona grata.
Extract from : « Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ » by Rev. A. Bernstein, B.D.

In other words, Alb became a persona grata, while I remained an ordinary tourist.
Extract from : « The Chauffeur and the Chaperon » by C. N. Williamson

He was succeeded by my friend, Martyn Wells, who was a persona grata with all sections of the Calcutta community.
Extract from : « Recollections of Calcutta for over Half a Century » by Montague Massey

He was well supplied with funds and naturally was a persona grata to the curia.
Extract from : « A History of The Inquisition of Spain; vol. 2, » by Henry Charles Lea

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