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n. - Medical specialist whose competence has been certified by an appropriate professional group.

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  • Thus being a "diplomate" of the National Board of Medical Examiners means nothing more than the fact that the doctor has passed a standard licensing exam.
  • She is have the diplomate, schollar, leader that Hillary is.
  • This isn't a comment that a statesman, a diplomate would make.
  • At the first I had seen that Delphine must be the wife of a diplomate.
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  • A "diplomate" (a person who holds a diploma) might be very qualified to be a foreign "diplomat" (person who represents a national government).
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