source: Kouji SUGAWARA | Anime-Planet

an official representing a country abroad.

外交官

a person who can deal with people in a sensitive and effective way.

外交的手腕にすぐれた人, 駆け引きのうまい人, 外交家

early 19th century: from French diplomate, back-formation from diplomatique ‘diplomatic’, from Latin diploma (see diploma).