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prettygoodwordattaché (a-ta-SHEY or uh-TASH-ey) - n., a junior member of an embassy or diplomatic mission.
Often having a specialty, such as a cultural attaché or a military attaché. The first pronunciation is American, the second is British. The attaché case (also spelled attache in this sense) was named c. 1905 for being used by an attaché to carry the ambassador's papers. Adopted around 1830 from French with same meaning, literal meaning attached, as in attached to the ambassador, past participle of attacher, to attach.
---L.
Often having a specialty, such as a cultural attaché or a military attaché. The first pronunciation is American, the second is British. The attaché case (also spelled attache in this sense) was named c. 1905 for being used by an attaché to carry the ambassador's papers. Adopted around 1830 from French with same meaning, literal meaning attached, as in attached to the ambassador, past participle of attacher, to attach.
---L.
