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Plenipotentiary - What does it mean?

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plenipotentiary

Noun

(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

    Derived terms

    * (ambassador and) minister plenipotentiary

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Invested with full power.
  • Of or relating to a plenipotentiary agent
  • Synonyms

    * plenipotent

    Not English

    has no English definition. It may be misspelled.