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Meaning of persona grata in English:

persona grata

Pronunciation /pəˌsəʊnə ˈɡrɑːtə/

nounplural noun personae gratae/-niː/ /-tiː/

  • A person, especially a diplomat, acceptable to certain others.

    • ‘in my last term I became persona grata to a group of Newnham College girls’

Origin

Latin, from persona (see persona) + grata, feminine of gratus ‘pleasing’.