Plenipotentiary

6 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Plenipotentiary \Plen`i*po*ten"ti*a*ry\
     (pl[e^]n"[i^]*p[-o]*t[e^]n"sh[i^]*[asl]*r[y^]), n.; pl.
     {Plenipotentiaries}. [LL. plenipotentiarius: cf. F.
     pl['e]nipotentiaire.]
     A person invested with full power to transact any business;
     especially, an ambassador or envoy to a foreign court, with


     full power to negotiate a treaty, or to transact other
     business.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Plenipotentiary \Plen`i*po*ten"ti*a*ry\, a.
     Containing or conferring full power; invested with full
     power; as, plenipotentiary license; plenipotentiary
     ministers. --Howell.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  plenipotentiary
       n : a diplomat who is fully authorized to represent his or her
           government

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  40 Moby Thesaurus words for "plenipotentiary":
     absolute, all-powerful, almighty, ambassador, ambassadorial,
     ambassadress, apostolic delegate, attache, career diplomat,
     chancellor, charge, commercial attache, consul, consul general,
     consular, consular agent, diplomat, diplomatic, diplomatic agent,
     diplomatist, emissary, envoy, envoy extraordinary,
     foreign service officer, internuncio, legate, military attache,
     minister, minister plenipotentiary, minister resident, ministerial,
     nuncio, omnipotent, resident, secretary of legation, sovereign,
     supreme, unlimited, vice-consul, vice-legate
  
  

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  PLENIPOTENTIARY. Possessing full powers; as, a minister plenipotentiary, is 
  one authorized fully to settle the matters connected with his mission, 
  subject however to the ratification of the government by which he is 
  authorized. Vide Minister. 
  
  

From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:

  PLENIPOTENTIARY, adj.  Having full power.  A Minister Plenipotentiary
  is a diplomatist possessing absolute authority on condition that he
  never exert it.