Definition of foreign office
: a government office (such as a ministry) that deals with foreign affairs
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May subsequently set a deadline of midnight Tuesday for Russia to respond, summoning the country's ambassador in the U.K. to the British foreign office.
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She was hired by CNN after graduation, and worked as a desk assistant in the foreign office in Atlanta.
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The foreign office and May’s office declined to comment.
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Members of Australia’s most prominent parties began contacting foreign offices and consulates.
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First Known Use of foreign office
1820
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