Plenipotentiary
WordNet
noun
(1) A diplomat who is fully authorized to represent his or her government
WiktionaryText
Etymology
First attested in 1645. From medieval , from plenipotentia 'full powers', from , from + .
Noun
- 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
Adjective
- Invested with full power.
- Of, or related to a plenipotentiary agent