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foreign minister

noun

: a governmental minister for foreign affairs

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Argentina's President Javier Milei is also not going to South Africa but will send his foreign minister, Pablo Quirno. Robert Birsel, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2025 Rasmussen, who is now the foreign minister, first made refugee status temporary, not permanent. Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 19 Nov. 2025 In June, the secure Signal account of a European foreign minister pinged with a text message. James P. Rubin, Foreign Affairs, 19 Nov. 2025 Talks in Qatar and Turkey to defuse the tensions have yielded no progress, Afghanistan’s foreign minister, Amir Khan Muttaqi, said Thursday. Mithil Aggarwal, NBC news, 13 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for foreign minister

Word History

First Known Use

1678, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of foreign minister was in 1678

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“Foreign minister.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foreign%20minister. Accessed 30 Nov. 2025.

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foreign minister

noun
: a government minister for foreign affairs

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