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Meanings of persona non grata in English

Portuguese
persona non grata
Catalan
persona no grata

A person who for some reason is not wanted or welcome.

persona non grata
Russian
персона нон-грата
Portuguese
persona non grata
Spanish
non grata
Catalan
persona no grata

Foreign person whose entering or remaining in a particular country is prohibited by that country's government.

Related terms
персона нон-грата
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Examples for "persona grata"
Examples for "persona grata"
1
Haldane, Lord Chancellor of England, persona grata with the Kaiser-infact, a personal friend.
The Secrets of the German War Office
2
Randolph, as a friend of the family, could scarcely be other than persona grata.
Bertram Cope's Year
3
I cheerfully did my best for all, and was supposed to be persona grata.
The Arctic Prairies : a Canoe-Journey of 2,000 Miles in Search o...
4
He is a prince in the city, a persona grata wherever he chooses to go.
The Evil Shepherd
5
The Catholic is usually not a persona grata as a Catholic but for some quality he possesses.
Explanation of Catholic Morals / A Concise, Reasoned, and Popula...
Usage of persona non grata in English
1
When the family puts someone out to pasture, he's persona non grata.
Exit strategy
2
The richest man in Fleetspace was persona non grata like nobody else.
The Burning Dark
3
The city is a mess and superheroes are persona non grata again.
News.com.au
4
They'd get the word from the government that you are persona non grata.
Dayworld Breakup
5
This makes Goldstein persona non grata, and his philosophy a threat.
The Hacker Crackdown: Law and Disorder on the Electronic Frontie...
6
Had Staffan told him that Mal was persona non grata now?
Mortal Dictata
7
The Syrian government formally declared Rocky Stone persona non grata.
Legacy of ashes: the history of the cia
8
She says that someone recently asked if she was persona non grata in Hollywood.
The Guardian
9
Without his patron, Melchior was pretty much persona non grata.
Shift
10
He had been persona non grata in FDR's inner circle.
Secret of the seventh son
11
The government also declared the company's top local representative, a French national, persona non grata.
Reuters
12
He's been persona non grata round here for years.
A Hard Day’s Knight
13
He is persona non grata in cycling but leapt the barriers for a TV interview.
The Guardian
14
They'll declare me persona non grata, and then who will do what I do now?
The way of the world
15
With all the sensitive data and systems you are quickly persona non grata in these situations.
News.com.au
16
It was only a few weeks ago that David Price was persona non grata in Boston.
The Irish Times