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Diplomat vs Republican - What's the difference?

diplomat | republican |

As nouns the difference between diplomat and republican

is that diplomat is a person who is accredited, such as an ambassador, to officially represent a government in its relations with other governments or international organisations while republican is someone who favors a republic as a form of government.

As an adjective republican is

advocating or supporting a republic as a form of government.

diplomat

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person who is accredited, such as an ambassador, to officially represent a government in its relations with other governments or international organisations
  • (figuratively) Someone who uses skill and tact in dealing with other people
  • Synonyms

    * diplomatist

    See also

    * * consul * envoy * high commissioner ----

    republican

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Advocating or supporting a republic as a form of government.
  • * 2002 , , The Great Nation , Penguin 2003, p. 222:
  • Republican ideology had no obvious institutional focus and ideological carrier as was the case with the discourse of reason (the monarchy) and the discourse of law (the parlements ).
  • Of or belonging to a republic.
  • * Macaulay
  • The Roman emperors were republican magistrates named by the senate.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Someone who favors a republic as a form of government.
  • * 1791 , James Boswell, Life of Samuel Johnson :
  • Sir, there is one Mrs Macaulay in this town, a great republican . One day when I was at her house, I put on a very grave countenance, and said to her, 'Madam, I am now become a convert to your way of thinking. I am convinced that all mankind are upon an equal footing...'
  • A bird of a kind that builds many nests together: the American cliff swallow, or the South African weaver bird.
  • See also

    * anti-monarchist (1) * antiroyalist (1) * egalitarian (2) * antifascist (4) * rational (5)