persona grata

1. 1.

   a diplomat who is acceptable to the government to which he is sent

   Broaderdiplomat

Questions about persona grata

What does persona grata mean?

persona grata means "a diplomat who is acceptable to the government to which he is sent".

Is persona grata a common word?

persona grata 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.