Plenipotentiary
[plen-uh-puh-ten-shee-er-ee, -shuh-ree] /ˌplɛn ə pəˈtɛn ʃiˌɛr i, -ʃə ri/
noun, plural plenipotentiaries.
1.
a person, especially a diplomatic agent, invested with full power or authority to transact business on behalf of another.
adjective
2.
invested with full power or authority, as a diplomatic agent.
3.
conferring or bestowing full power, as a commission.
4.
absolute or full, as power.
/ˌplɛnɪpəˈtɛnʃərɪ/
adjective
1.
(esp of a diplomatic envoy) invested with or possessing full power or authority
2.
conferring full power or authority
3.
(of power or authority) full; absolute
noun (pl) -aries
4.
a person invested with full authority to transact business, esp a diplomat authorized to represent a country See also envoy1 (sense 1)
adj.
1640s, from French plénipotentiaire and directly from Medieval Latin plenipotentiarius “having full power,” from Late Latin plenipotens, from Latin plenus “full” (see plenary) + potentem “powerful” (see potent). As a noun from 1650s.
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