{
    "term": "diplomat",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a person whose job is to represent his or her country in a foreign country, for example, in an embassy",
            "labels": "old-fashioned",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Washington's top diplomat in Havana"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a Western diplomat in Islamabad"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the chief Cuban diplomat in the United States"
                },
                {
                    "text": "two of the world's most prominent diplomats"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Jobs", "Politics"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["chief", "prominent", "senior"],
                "verb + diplomat": ["be", "serve as", "work as"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a person who shows skill at dealing with other people",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "You’ll need to be a real diplomat to persuade them to come to some agreement."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["chief", "prominent", "senior"],
                "verb + diplomat": ["be", "serve as", "work as"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈdɪpləmæt/",
                "audio": "di/diplomat/diplomat__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈdɪpləmæt/",
                "audio": "di/diplomat/diplomat__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "early 19th cent.: from French diplomate, back-formation from diplomatique ‘diplomatic’, from Latin diploma from Greek diplōma ‘folded paper’, from diploun ‘to fold’, from diplous ‘double’."
}