foreign minister

noun

: a governmental minister for foreign affairs

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Shortly after the Biden administration's approval of Ukraine using long-range missiles to strike inside of Russia, Péter Szijjártó, Hungary's foreign minister blamed the West for the expansion of the war. Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024 The key event of Mann’s conversion came in June, when ultranationalists in Berlin murdered his friend Walther Rathenau, the Weimar Republic’s Jewish foreign minister. George Packer, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024 The comment earned praise from Qin, the Chinese foreign minister at the time, and a rebuke from Hsiao Bi-khim, who was then Taiwan’s de facto ambassador to Washington and is now the island’s vice president. Jennifer Jett, NBC News, 4 Nov. 2024 Kate, her meddling husband Hal (Rufus Sewell) and U.K. foreign minister Austin Dennison (David Gyasi) have tried to uncover those responsible for an attack on a British aircraft carrier, and all signs point to an inside job involving Prime Minister Nicol Trowbridge (Rory Kinnear). Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2024 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 7 Dec. 2024.

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foreign minister

noun
: a government minister for foreign affairs

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