ALL meanings of charge d'affaires
char·gé d'af·faires
C c - countable noun charge d'affaires A chargé d'affaires is a person appointed to act as head of a diplomatic mission in a foreign country while the ambassador is away. 3
- countable noun charge d'affaires A chargé d'affaires is the head of a minor diplomatic mission in a foreign country. 3
- noun charge d'affaires the temporary head of a diplomatic mission in the absence of the ambassador or minister 3
- noun charge d'affaires the head of a diplomatic mission of the lowest level 3
- noun charge d'affaires a diplomatic official who temporarily takes the place of a minister or ambassador 3
- noun charge d'affaires a diplomatic officer of the lowest rank who sometimes heads a low-level mission in a foreign nation 3
- noun plural charge d'affaires Also called chargé d'affaires ad interim. an official placed in charge of diplomatic business during the temporary absence of the ambassador or minister. 1
- noun plural charge d'affaires an envoy to a state to which a diplomat of higher grade is not sent. 1
- noun charge d'affaires diplomatic official 1
- noun charge d'affaires A diplomat, ranking below an ambassador, who heads a diplomatic mission when no ambassador is present, either temporarily (in the interim between the departure of one ambassador and the accreditation of another) or for an extended time. 0