/shahr zhay" deuh fair", shahr"zhay/ ; Fr. /shannrdd zhay dann ferdd"/ , pl. chargés d'affaires /shahr zhayz" deuh fair", shahr"zhayz/ ; Fr. /shannrdd zhay dann ferdd"/ . Govt.
1. Also called chargé d'affaires ad interim . an official placed in charge of diplomatic business during the temporary absence of the ambassador or minister.
2. an envoy to a state to which a diplomat of higher grade is not sent.
[ 1760-70; ]