foreign minister

noun

: a governmental minister for foreign affairs

Examples of foreign minister in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Katz's efforts included sending letters to 32 countries and conversations with dozens of foreign ministers. Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 16 Apr. 2024 One sighting of their difficult domestic messaging came Monday, when Jordan’s foreign minister, Ayman Safadi, told state television that the country would defend itself against any threat to its sovereignty and airspace, including from Israel. Matt Bradley, NBC News, 16 Apr. 2024 But with American assistance still in doubt, Ukraine’s foreign minister, Dmytro Kuleba, has made a full-throated push to secure Patriot air-defense batteries currently sitting idle in Europe. Marc Santora, New York Times, 16 Apr. 2024 Last week, Zelensky dispatched his top diplomat, Dmytro Kuleba, to Brussels, where NATO foreign ministers gathered to commemorate the military alliance’s 75th anniversary. John Hudson, Washington Post, 15 Apr. 2024 France’s foreign minister felt railroaded by the news that the Americans—specifically Franklin—had gone behind his back. Vanessa Armstrong, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Apr. 2024 While trying to engage in back-channel conversations with the Comte de Vergennes (Thibault de Montalembert), France’s foreign minister, Franklin parlays his connections to take up residence in the guest house of a businessman, Chaumont (Olivier Claveries). Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Apr. 2024 The verdict implicated Iran’s foreign minister, intelligence minister, then-President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 12 Apr. 2024 The Cuban foreign minister, Bruno Rodríguez, said the gesture was showed solidarity with Mexico. Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 10 Apr. 2024

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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 29 Apr. 2024.

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foreign minister

noun
: a government minister for foreign affairs

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