attaché
a diplomatic official attached to an embassy or legation, especially in a technical capacity: a commercial attaché;a cultural attaché.
a military officer who is assigned to a diplomatic post in a foreign country in order to gather military information: an air attaché;an army attaché;a naval attaché.
Also attache . attaché case.
Origin of attaché
1Words that may be confused with attaché
- attach, attaché
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How to use attaché in a sentence
Hicks was told by the defense attaché that the jets could have arrived in Benghazi within two to three hours.
In 2000, FAO Schwartz made a custom version called One-of-a-Kind Monopoly, complete with a attaché case made of Napolino leather.
Fidel Castro Hates Monopoly & 12 More Reasons to Love It | Caroline Linton | February 6, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd yet, when he leaked the case to Congress, he carried the institutional imprimatur of the FBI in his attaché case.
Tim Weiner: Shadows of J. Edgar Hoover in the Petraeus Affair | Tim Weiner | November 16, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST(Haaretz) Yaakov Ayash appointed military attaché in Washington (Ynet) For the full News from Israel.
Soon, At a Theater Near You: A Settler Film on the 2005 Disengagement | Orly Halpern | June 1, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThe Prince was for five years military attaché at the Embassy under de Staal, you know.
The Czar's Spy | William Le Queux
I was not a pilgrim, but an engineer attaché to an expedition through Dakota and Montana, to inspect some new military posts.
The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce | Ambrose BierceThe attaché sat down by the side of the bed, and after a short struggle broke into tears, and laid his head on the coverlid.
Garman and Worse | Alexander Lange KiellandIn 1541 he accompanied his sovereign to Algiers as an attaché, and in the wars there acquitted himself well.
The Spanish Pioneers | Charles F. LummisYou know every naval or military attaché is really more or less of a spy.
Polly the Pagan | Isabel Anderson
British Dictionary definitions for attaché
/ (əˈtæʃeɪ, French ataʃe) /
a specialist attached to a diplomatic mission: military attaché
British a junior member of the staff of an embassy or legation
Origin of attaché
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Cultural definitions for attaché
[ (a-ta-shay, at-uh-shay) ]
A diplomatic officer attached to an embassy or consulate. Most attachés have specialties, such as military attachés, cultural attachés, economic attachés, and so forth.
Notes for attaché
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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