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diplomate en · NOUN · etymology 1

Etymology

From diploma + -ate (suffix forming nouns denoting rank or office).

Meanings

1. A professional who has earned a diploma.
   • You think he could barter and cheat / As vulgar diplomates use, / With the people's heart in his breast? 1860, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, “Napoleon III in Italy”, in Poems before Congress, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC, stanza XV, page 16:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
diplomates	Number=Plur		lexicographic

diplomate en · VERB · etymology 2

Etymology

From diploma + -ate (suffix forming verbs).

Meanings

1. (transitive) To award a diploma to.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
diplomates	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres		lexicographic
diplomated	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
diplomated	Tense=Past		lexicographic
diplomating	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic