foreign minister

noun

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: a governmental minister for foreign affairs

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After losing the 1999 election, Netanyahu returned to government in 2002 as foreign minister and later served as finance minister. — Amelie Botbol, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2026 Less than two decades later, the bond was tested by a scandal known as the XYZ Affair, in which France’s foreign minister, Talleyrand, demanded bribes from American envoys to Paris. — Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026 Iran’s foreign minister vowed on Sunday that new threats of war will not budge Iran from its policies. — ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026 Upon landing in Samarkand on Sunday night, Rubio was warmly embraced by Uzbekistan’s foreign minister, Bakhtiyor Saidov, while two women clad in elaborate gold-and-black traditional dresses presented him with a bouquet. — Reuters, NBC news, 20 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for foreign minister

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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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