Brewer's: Persona Grata

(Latin). An acceptable person; one liked.

“The Count [Münster] is not a persona grata at court, as the royal family did not relish the course he took in Hanoverian affairs in 1866.” —Truth, October 22nd, 1885.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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