diplomate

Noun

diplomate (plural diplomates)

1. A professional who has earned a diploma.

Verb

diplomate (third-person singular simple present diplomates, present participle diplomating, simple past and past participle diplomated)

1. (transitive) To award a diploma to.

References

• diplomate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• “diplomate” in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN.

Etymology

Back-formation from diplomatique.

Noun

diplomate m, f (plural diplomates)

1. diplomat

Further reading

• “diplomate” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Adjective

diplomate

1. feminine plural of diplomato

Noun

diplomate f

1. plural of diplomata

Noun

dīplōmate

1. ablative singular of dīplōma

Etymology

Borrowed from French diplomate.

Noun

diplomate m, f (plural diplomates)

1. (Jersey) diplomat