foreign minister

noun

: a governmental minister for foreign affairs

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Their leaders will meet in Malaysia on Monday to discuss the escalating conflict, according to Malaysia’s state news agency, citing the country’s foreign minister. CNN Money, 27 July 2025 France's foreign minister, Jean-Noël Barrot, said France and its partners are justified in reimposing global embargoes on arms, banks and nuclear equipment that were lifted 10 years ago. Jackie Northam, NPR, 24 July 2025 Such trade and investment deals should be the focus of the next C5+1 ministerial conference, an annual meeting of U.S. and Central Asian foreign ministers held since 2015. Jeffrey Mankoff, Foreign Affairs, 24 July 2025 Rubio, who is also serving as Trump’s national security adviser, was attending the foreign ministers meeting of the Association for East Asian Nations (ASEAN) held in Kuala Lumpur. Laura Kelly, The Hill, 11 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for foreign minister

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 5 Aug. 2025.

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foreign minister

noun
: a government minister for foreign affairs

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