foreign minister

noun

Synonyms of foreign ministernext
: a governmental minister for foreign affairs

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Russia’s foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov, on Monday alleged that Ukraine had fired 91 drones at Putin’s official residence in the Novgorod region, located between Moscow and St Petersburg. Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 30 Dec. 2025 Ukraine's foreign minister said a third of Kyiv was left without heat by the strikes as temperatures hovered around 0 degrees Celsius (32 degrees Fahrenheit) on Saturday morning. Aysha Bagchi, USA Today, 27 Dec. 2025 In opening the meeting, Malaysia’s foreign minister urged the bloc to play a more forceful role. Reuters, NBC news, 22 Dec. 2025 Portugal's foreign minister, Paulo Rangel, said Friday that the government was taken aback by revelations that a Portuguese man is the main suspect in the mass shooting at Brown and the killing of Loureiro. Arkansas Online, 20 Dec. 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 1 Jan. 2026.

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foreign minister

noun
: a government minister for foreign affairs

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