Persona Grata

  

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Persona Grata

Definition: Persona Grata

Persona Grata

Noun

1. A diplomat who is acceptable to the government to which he is sent.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Specialty Definition: Persona Grata

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Literature

Persona Grata (Latin). An acceptable person; one liked.
"The Count [Münster] is not a persona grata at court, as the royal family did not relish the course he took in Hanoverian affairs in 1866."- Truth, October 22nd, 1885. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms within Context: Persona Grata

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Favorite

Noun: favorite, pet, cosset, minion, idol, jewel, spoiled child, enfant gat_; led captain; crony; fondling; apple of one's eye, man after one's own heart; persona grata.

Friend

Noun: friend, friend of one's bosom; alter ego; best friend, bosom friend, soulmate, fast friend; amicus; usque ad aras; fidus Achates; persona grata.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Persona Grata

Non-English Usage: "Persona Grata" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

French (persona grata), German (persona grata), Swedish (persona grata).

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Modern Translation: Persona Grata

Language Translations for "persona grata"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

person i pranueshëm. (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏شخص مرغوب فيه. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

персона грата. (various references)

   

French

  

persona grata. (various references)

   

German

  

persona grata. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

πρόσωπο ευπρόσδεκτο. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ersonapay atagray

   

Romanian

  

persoanã acceptatã. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

персона грата. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

persona grata. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

kabul gören kimse, istenen kişi. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Persona Grata

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-a-e-g-n-o-p-r-r-s-t"

-2 letters: patronages.

-3 letters: arrogates, paranoeas, parsonage, patronage, separator, tarragons, tragopans.

-4 letters: aerators, anapaest, antrorse, apanages, arranges, arrogant, arrogate, estragon, garrotes, gastraea, granters, grantors, groaners, narrates, negators, operants, pageants, paragons, paranoea, parasang, parergon, partners, portages, praetors, pronates, prorates, proteans, regrants, resprang, stranger, stronger, tanagers, tarragon, tragopan, trepangs.

-5 letters: aerator, aerosat, agarose, agnates, anapest, anatase, angoras, apanage.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Translations: Modern
4. Anagrams
5. Bibliography


  

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