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Appeal from a diplomat
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demarche
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a move or step or maneuver in political or diplomatic affairs
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1650s, "walk, step," from French démarche (15c.) literally "gait, walk, bearing," from démarcher (12c.) "to march," from de- (see de- ) + marcher (see march (v.)). Meaning "a diplomatic step" attested from 1670s. A word never quite anglicized.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (alternative spelling of démarche English)
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
A démarche (; from the French word whose literal meaning is "gait") has come to refer either to a line of action; move; countermove; maneuver, especially in diplomatic relations, or formal diplomatic representation of the official position, views, or wishes ...
Usage examples of demarche.
I met Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and the forthcoming Austrian demarche at Belgrade was alluded to by his Excellency in the conversation that ensued.
American and British ambassadors in Moscow presented a diplomatic demarche to Anatoly Chernyayev, foreign policy adviser to Mikhail Gorbachev.
It was the most public and the most strongly worded demarche from State Department servants to the State Department that has ever been recorded.
He further argued that, in the absence of a US demarche to Athens, warning the dictators to desist, it might be assumed that the United States was indifferent to this.
Yet no demarche bearing his name or carrying his authority was issued to the Greek junta.
If the settlement there proves successful, he intends to attempt a demarche on Palestine or possibly the Gulf.