attaché

noun

Definition of attachénext
1
as in briefcase

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as in consul

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  1. briefcase
  2. consul
  3. diplomat
  4. valise
  5. foreign minister
  6. wallet
  7. procurator
  8. portmanteau
Noun
  • But Daniel Penny didn’t let go, not for six minutes, not until Neely was as lifeless as any of the backpacks or briefcases passengers had carried on the train that day.
    Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 8 Dec. 2024
  • Our favorite work travel pack in our guide to the Best Carry-on Luggage, this bag can be carried as a backpack or a briefcase.
    Simon Hill, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2024
Definition of briefcase
Noun
  • The vice consul’s story also intersects with two flashpoints in Iranian-American relations: a 1953 coup backed by the CIA and the 1979 Iran hostage crisis.
    Francine Uenuma, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Sep. 2024
  • Also making their company debuts are Korean baritone Kidon Choi as U.S. Embassy consul Sharpless and American mezzo-soprano Stephanie Doche as Suzuki, Cio-Cio San’s faithful maid.
    Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Apr. 2024
Definition of consul
Noun
  • Kimberly Guilfoyle, Donald Trump Jr.'s fiancée, has been nominated as a United States diplomat, a day after he was seen holding hands with Florida socialite Bettina Anderson.
    Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 11 Dec. 2024
  • He was born in Madrid, to a father who was a U.S. diplomat.
    Edward Wong, New York Times, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of diplomat
Noun
  • That a kindly bellhop from The Balmoral, our hotel adjacent to the station, loaded our valises off a trolley cart did little to rein in these trappings.
    Ross Kenneth Urken, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 May 2024
  • For the kind of hopeful young women who once packed their sashes in their valises and got on the bus to come to Hollywood, only to find a hundred other small-town beauty queens already here, a pageant crown no longer has to be their only onramp to mobility and even cinema celebrity.
    Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2023
Definition of valise
Noun
  • The Iraqi foreign minister then traveled to Doha on Saturday to discuss the situation in Syria with his counterparts from Egypt, Iran, Jordan, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia and Turkey.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 7 Dec. 2024
  • Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, had traveled to Damascus this week, meeting with Mr. al-Assad and pledging Iran’s full support.
    Farnaz Fassihi, New York Times, 7 Dec. 2024
Definition of foreign minister
Noun
  • Such a procedure can be tough going, it must be said, on the schedules, wallets, and intestines of people who, for whatever reason, can’t hack a two-hour lunch.
    Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2024
  • The crooks got away with the younger victim’s cell phone and wallet and have not been caught, police said.
    Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of wallet
Noun
  • Andrei Vyshinsky, procurator general in the 1930s, had overseen Stalin’s horrendous purges of millions of ordinary citizens – plus most of the members of the Communist Party Central Committee and top Soviet generals.
    Peter Bridges, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Jan. 2022
  • The procurator of Roman Britain, Catus Decianus, ordered an extra two hundred men to Camulodunum and figured the problem was solved.
    Anne Thériault, Longreads, 14 May 2021
Definition of procurator
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  • The track also features rapper Yuno Miles and was included in his second studio album, Vultures 2, by his ¥$ portmanteau group with Ty Dolla $ign.
    Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 27 Nov. 2024
  • Then as now, an annoying if slightly amusing portmanteau conjoining the films’ names hyped up prerelease awareness, helping to drive ticket sales.
    Chris Lee, Vulture, 25 Nov. 2024
Definition of portmanteau
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