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Discuss Email this Feedback RSS/XML Permalink A.Word.A.Day--plenipotentiary This week's theme: words about diplomacy. plenipotentiary (plen-uh-puh-TEN-shee-er-ee, -shuh-ree) noun A person, such as a diplomatic agent, fully authorized to represent a government. adjective Invested with full power. [From Latin plenipotentiarius, from plenum (full) + potent (powerful).] Today's word in Visual Thesaurus. -Anu Garg (words at wordsmith.org) "On Wednesday, Blair officially resigned as Britain's prime minister and immediately took on the role of senior plenipotentiary for the so-called Middle East Quartet -- the United States, the United Nations, the European Union and Russia." Matthew Fisher; Blair Named Mideast Envoy; Windsor Star (Canada); Jun 28, 2007. X-Bonus The man who thinks he can do without the world is indeed mistaken; but the man who thinks the world cannot do without him is mistaken even more. -Francois, duc de La Rochefoucauld, writer (1613-1680)

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