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Date: 1700-1800
Language: French
Origin: 'person given responsibility for affairs'

chargé d'affaires

 noun
     
char‧gé d'af‧faires plural chargés d'affaires (same pronunciation) [countable]
an official who represents a particular government during the absence of an ambassador or in a country where there is no ambassador
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