Both Uses of
diplomat
in
Babbitt
- He had in fifteen minutes changed from a minor delegate to a personage almost as well known as that diplomat of business, Cecil Rountree.†
Chpt 13
- Babbitt had so strong an impulse to go to Paul that he could feel his body uncoiling, his shoulders moving, but he felt, desperately, that he must be diplomatic, and not till he saw Paul paying the check did he bluster to the piano-salesman, "By golly-friend of mine over there—'scuse me second—just say hello to him."†
Chpt 19 *
Definition:
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(diplomat as in: a Chinese diplomat) a government official whose job is to represent their country in discussions with other countries