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diplomate

diplomate noun: a professional who has earned a diploma.

Noun

diplomate (plural diplomates)

  1. A professional who has earned a diploma.
    • You think he could barter and cheat / As vulgar diplomates use, / With the people's heart in his breast?1860, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, “Napoleon III in Italy”, in Poems before Congress, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC, stanza XV, page 16

Verb

diplomate (third-person singular simple present diplomates, present participle diplomating, simple past and past participle diplomated)

  1. (transitive) To award a diploma to.

Forms of diplomate

Noun
pluraldiplomates
Verb
third-person singular presentdiplomates
present participlediplomating
past participlediplomated
pastdiplomated

Origin of diplomate

From diploma + -ate (suffix forming nouns denoting rank or office).

From diploma + -ate (suffix forming verbs).

Questions about diplomate

What does diplomate mean?
Diplomate means a professional who has earned a diploma.
What part of speech is diplomate?
Diplomate can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of diplomate?
The plural of diplomate is diplomates.

Words near diplomate in the dictionary

  1. diplomat creams
  2. diplomat pudding
  3. diplomat puddings
  4. diplomat-speak
  5. diplomata
  6. diplomate
  7. diplomated
  8. diplomates
  9. diplomatese
  10. diplomatic
  11. diplomatic bag

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