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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a foreign dignitary" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to an official representative from another country, often in a diplomatic or formal context.
Example: "The president welcomed a foreign dignitary to the state dinner, emphasizing the importance of international relations."
Alternatives: "an international official" or "a diplomatic representative".
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A foreign dignitary, perhaps?
If a foreign dignitary arrives, the flag of his nation is flown.
Many Japanese watching on television were aghast to see their young people shout down and silence a foreign dignitary.
A stout man at the gate of the cruise terminal said gruffly that it belonged to a "foreign dignitary" and would be staying for 10 days.
Worse, Smith didn't even mention the rescue before Pocahontas's visit to London, in 1616, when she was received as a foreign dignitary.
If you're wondering in what insane universe Geri Halliwell is a "foreign dignitary", there's no point, because foreign dignitary would honestly be a demotion in Geri's eyes.
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Record stores played their songs in the same way that a government might hoist a flag for a visiting foreign dignitary, as if it were a civic duty.
Maduro, a pariah in many world capitals, has been a frequent foreign dignitary guest of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping.
He was waiting for a visiting foreign dignitary.
To see such an important foreign dignitary driving off in a Fiat was so unusual that CNN anchor Jake Tapper speculated on live television that there "must be" some "bells and whistles" of which the public was not aware.
This man was a respected visiting foreign dignitary and permission for filming was suspended for a few years.
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