4 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Plenipotentiary \Plen`i*po*ten"ti*a*ry\, n.; pl
{Plenipotentiaries}. [LL. plenipotentiarius: cf F.
pl['e]nipotentiaire.]
A person invested with full power to transact any business;
especially, an ambassador or envoy to a foreign court, with
full power to negotiate a treaty, or to transact other
business.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Plenipotentiary \Plen`i*po*ten"ti*a*ry\, a.
Containing or conferring full power; invested with full
power; as plenipotentiary license; plenipotentiary
ministers. --Howell.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
plenipotentiary
n : a diplomat who is fully authorized to represent his or her
government
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:
PLENIPOTENTIARY, adj Having full power. A Minister Plenipotentiary
is a diplomatist possessing absolute authority on condition that he
never exert it
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