1. Noun
A diplomatic representative, or minister of an inferior grade, accredited by the government of one state to the minister of foreign affairs of another; also, a substitute, ad interim, for an ambassador or minister plenipotentiary.
2. Noun
the official temporarily in charge of a diplomatic mission in the absence of the ambassador
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