charge d'affaires

1. 1.

   the official temporarily in charge of a diplomatic mission in the absence of the ambassador

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Questions about charge d'affaires

What does charge d'affaires mean?

charge d'affaires means "the official temporarily in charge of a diplomatic mission in the absence of the ambassador".

Is charge d'affaires a common word?

charge d'affaires is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.