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persona grata

[per-soh-nah grah-tah, per-soh-nuh grah-tuh, grey-tuh, grat-uh] / pɛrˈsoʊ nɑ ˈgrɑ tɑ, pərˈsoʊ nə ˈgrɑ tə, ˈgreɪ tə, ˈgræt ə /
NOUN
welcome person
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Cavett: I was actually persona grata at the White House for a brief time.

From New York Times • Sep. 5, 2016

Robert Frost should be persona grata to two opposing parties: Yankees who never touch poetry and poetry-bibbers who shy at Yankees.

From Time Magazine Archive

He was at all times persona grata with royalty.

From Time Magazine Archive

Giovanni Beda Cardinale, is no longer persona grata and that the Argentine Minister to the Vatican, Garcia Mansilla, will be replaced.

From Time Magazine Archive

And though he had cause to fancy that he was not persona grata on his own benches, he thought sufficiently well of himself to set this down to jealousy.

From Chippinge Borough by Weyman, Stanley J.




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