- (often capitals)
a cabinet minister who is responsible for a country's dealings with other countries
US equivalent: secretary of state
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for′eign min′ister,
for′eign min′istry.
- Government(in countries other than the U.S.) a cabinet minister who conducts and supervises foreign and diplomatic relations with other states. Also called,[esp. Brit.,] foreign secretary. Cf. secretary of state (def. 1).
- 1700–10
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'foreign minister' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Bevin
- Choiseul
- Chou En-lai
- Dayan
- Gromyko
- Hardenberg
- Masaryk
- Nesselrode
- Rapacki
- Ribbentrop
- Shamir
- Shevardnadze
- Stresemann
- Vyshinsky
- dayan
- foreign secretary
- secretary of state