plenipotentiary
noun
- office or person with full power to represent someone else
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˌplɛn.ɪ.pəʊˈtɛn.ʃəɹ.i/ / /ˌplɛn.ɪ.pəʊˈtɛn.ʃi.əɹ.i/ / /plɛn.ɪ.poʊˈtɛn.ʃ(i)əɹ.i/
adj
Etymology: From Medieval Latin plēnipotentiārius (“having full power”), Late Latin plēnipotēns, from plēnus (“full”) + potēns (“mighty, powerful”).
- Invested with full power.
“Near-synonyms: omnicompetent; omnipotent, almighty, all-powerful”
“It was written of Henry George Ward, M.P. for Sheffield from 1837 to 1849, that "he was also much occupied with railway enterprise in the days of early speculation." This suggests a hard-bitten man of commerce, but Ward had served in the Diplomatic Service and he was Minister Plenipotentiary to Mexico before retiring in 1827 at the age of 30.”
- Of or relating to a plenipotentiary agent
noun
Etymology: From Medieval Latin plēnipotentiārius (“having full power”), Late Latin plēnipotēns, from plēnus (“full”) + potēns (“mighty, powerful”).
- A person invested with full powers, especially as the diplomatic agent of a sovereign state, (originally) charged with handling a certain matter.
“None but the like-minded can come plenipotentiary to our court.”
“1937, P. G. Wodehouse, 'Lord Emsworth and Others', Overlook, Woodstock: 2002, p 232. Meeting him in the street and ignoring the foul bowler hat he wore on his walks abroad, you would have put him down as a Bishop in mufti or, at the least, a plenipotentiary at one of the better courts.”