foreign minister

noun

Synonyms of foreign ministernext
: a governmental minister for foreign affairs

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According to a Washington Post investigation published last week, Orbán’s foreign minister, Péter Szijjártó, regularly calls his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, to keep the Russians informed following European Union meetings, and sometimes to ask for favors. Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2026 Abbas Araghchi, Iran's foreign minister, threatened payback against Israel after a wave of strikes on steel factories, a power plant and civilian nuclear areas inside the Islamic Republic. Sean Nevin, NBC news, 27 Mar. 2026 Elsewhere in Europe, the meeting of G7 foreign ministers in France enters its second day on Friday. Joseph Wilkins, CNBC, 27 Mar. 2026 A day before Operation Epic Fury began, Oman foreign minister Badr bin Hamad al Busaidi, the principal mediator in the talks, announced that Iran had agreed to zero stockpiling. Debak Das, The Conversation, 27 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for foreign minister

Word History

First Known Use

1678, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of foreign minister was in 1678

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foreign minister

noun
: a government minister for foreign affairs

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