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Borrowed from French diplomatiste.

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diplomatist (plural diplomatists)

  1. (now uncommon) Synonym of diplomat
    • 1827, [James Fenimore Cooper], The Prairie; a Tale. [], volumes (please specify |volume=I or II), Philadelphia, Pa.: Carey, Lea & Carey [], →OCLC:
      It was not so easy to penetrate the motives of the Pawnees. Calm, dignified, and yet far from repulsive, they set an example of courtesy, blended with reserve, that many a diplomatist of the most polished court might have strove in vain to imitate.
    • 1918, Henry Adams, The Education of Henry Adams[1]:
      Diplomatists have no right to complain of mere lies; it is their own fault, if, educated as they are, the lies deceive them; but they complain bitterly of traps.

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