attachés

Foreign mission specialists

Attachés is the plural of attaché, a person assigned to a diplomatic mission with specialized expertise: a military attaché, a cultural attaché, a press attaché.

The term comes from French, meaning "attached" to the embassy staff.

Several attachés from the embassy attended the reception.

diplomatic

embassy

Official diplomatic residence abroad

  • consulDiplomat in foreign city
  • envoyAccredited diplomatic representative
  • diplomatOfficial foreign representative

foreign service · ambassador · legation · mission · posting · credentials · portfolio · dispatch · ministry · protocol

cases

briefcase

Portable document container

combination lock · portfolio · luggage · business · executive · papers · clasp · carrying · compartment · slim

military

defense

Protection against harm

briefing · pentagon · armed forces · reconnaissance · strategic · security · naval · command · classified · operations

Categories
Opposites
diplomatic rank/authority

attachésambassadors

Official diplomatic representatives

high commissioners · envoys · ministers · consuls-general · foreign ministers

attachment/connection status

attachésindependents

Unaffiliated persons or entities

free agents

Phrases
Family

attach, attached, attachment, attaching, attaches, attachments, reattach, attaché, reattached

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