charge d'affaires

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charge d'affaires - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Charg'e d'affaires \Char`g['e]" d'af`faires"\, n.; pl.
     Charg['e]s d'affaires. [F., "charged with affairs."]
     A diplomatic representative, or minister of an inferior
     grade, accredited by the government of one state to the
     minister of foreign affairs of another; also, a substitute,
     ad interim, for an ambassador or minister plenipotentiary.
     [1913 Webster]

charge d'affaires - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  charge d'affaires
      n 1: the official temporarily in charge of a diplomatic mission
           in the absence of the ambassador