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at·ta·ché

(ăt′ə-shā′, ă-tă-)

1. A person officially assigned to the staff of a diplomatic mission to serve in a particular capacity: a cultural attaché; a military attaché.

2. An attaché case.

[French, from past participle of attacher, to attach, from Old French attachier; see attach.]

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attaché

(əˈtæʃeɪ; French ataʃe)

1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a specialist attached to a diplomatic mission: military attaché.

2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) Brit a junior member of the staff of an embassy or legation

[C19: from French: someone attached (to a mission), from attacher to attach]

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at•ta•ché

(æ tæˈʃeɪ, ˌæt ə-; esp. Brit. əˈtæʃ eɪ)
n., pl. -chés.

1. a diplomatic official or a military officer assigned to an embassy or legation in a foreign country, esp. in a technical capacity.

2. Also, at`ta•che′. attaché case.

[1825–35; < French: past participle of attacher to attach]

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Noun	1.	attache - a specialist assigned to the staff of a diplomatic mission diplomatic mission - a mission serving diplomatic ends cultural attache - an attache who is a specialist in cultural matters military attache - an attache who is a specialist in military matters specialiser, specialist, specializer - an expert who is devoted to one occupation or branch of learning
	2.	attache - a shallow and rectangular briefcase attache case briefcase - a case with a handle; for carrying papers or files or books

Translations

Attaché

ataše

addetto attaché

attaché

[əˈtæʃeɪ]

A. N → agregado/a m/f
see also cultural

B. CPD attaché case N → maletín m

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attaché

[əˈtæʃeɪ] n (in embassy) → attaché(e) m/fattaché case n → mallette f, attaché-case m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

attaché

n → Attaché m

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

attaché

[əˈtæʃeɪ] n → addetto (di ambasciata), attaché m inv
cultural attaché → addetto culturale

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Innocence was our shield, and while we endured some of the disgrace that attaches to mere forms, we had that consolation of which no cruelty or device can deprive the unoffending.