FOREIGN MINISTER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does foreign minister mean? 

• FOREIGN MINISTER (noun)
  The noun FOREIGN MINISTER has 1 sense:

1. a government minister for foreign relations

  Familiarity information: FOREIGN MINISTER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FOREIGN MINISTER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A government minister for foreign relations

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

foreign minister; secretary of state

Hypernyms ("foreign minister" is a kind of...):

government minister; minister (a person appointed to a high office in the government)

 Context examples 

When my uncle became foreign minister in this administration he gave me several missions of trust, and as I always brought them to a successful conclusion, he came at last to have the utmost confidence in my ability and tact.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)