attaché

Specialist embassy staffer

An attaché is a specialist assigned to a diplomatic mission, typically with expertise in a particular area: a military attaché, a cultural attaché, a press attaché.

The term comes from French, suggesting someone "attached" to an embassy staff.

An attaché case is a slim, hard-sided briefcase, the kind diplomats might carry.

diplomat

embassy

Official diplomatic residence abroad

consulateForeign diplomatic office
envoyAccredited diplomatic representative
ambassadorOfficial foreign representative

consul · legation · negotiator · foreign service · delegation · liaison · protocol · plenipotentiary · minister · chargé d'affaires

briefcase

leather

Tanned animal skin

handlePart for gripping
compartmentEnclosed subdivision of space
latchDoor-securing catch

lock · portfolio · case · executive · professional · laptop · documents · combination lock · slim · rigid

Categories

government workerscivil servants, federal workers, civil servant, bureaucrat, federal employees
job titlesCEO, CTO, CFO, CMO, cook
representativesrepresentative, delegate, lawyer, deputy, rep
diplomacyembassy, ambassador, ambassadors, treaty, treaties
appointeesappointee, nominee, designee, ambassador, cabinet secretary
diplomatsambassador, diplomat, consul, envoy, emissary

Opposites

diplomatic rank/authority

attachéambassador

Official foreign representative

high commissioner · envoy · foreign minister · plenipotentiary · consul general

institutional affiliation

attachéprivate citizen

foreign national · persona non grata

Phrases

no strings attachedWithout obligations or conditions
strings attachedHidden conditions on offers
email attachmentFile sent with message
attached at the hip
emotional attachmentCaring bond with something
unhealthy attachmentHarmful emotional reliance

Family

attach, attached, attachment, unattached, attaching, attaches, reattach, reattached, reattaching

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