Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

diplomatic service

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.09 in modern English

Syllables: diplo-mat-ic ser-vice
IPA

29

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

4

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The body of diplomats and foreign policy officers maintained by the government of a country to communicate with the governments of other countries.

Example Sentences

"It was written of Henry George Ward, M.P. for Sheffield from 1837 to 1849, that "he was also much occupied with railway enterprise in the days of early speculation." This suggests a hard-bitten man of commerce, but Ward had served in the Diplomatic Service and he was Minister Plenipotentiary to Mexico before retiring in 1827 at the age of 30."

Inflected Forms

diplomatic services (plural)

Synonyms

foreign service diplomatic corps corps diplomatique

Questions

What does diplomatic service mean?: The body of diplomats and foreign policy officers maintained by the government of a country to communicate with the governments of other countries.

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