minister resident
a diplomatic agent serving in a minor country and ranking next below an ambassador.
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How to use minister resident in a sentence
It is the usage here (and I suppose at all courts), that a minister resident shall establish his house in the first instant.
At the same time he recommended that the future British representative should bear the title of minister resident.
The Englishman in China During the Victorian Era, Vol. II (of 2) | Alexander MichieUnder the traditional policy of the United States, the Indian agent was a minister resident to a "domestic dependent nation."
The Indian Question (1874) | Francis A. WalkerOur early diplomatic policy, eschewing all foreign entanglement, rejected the office of "minister resident."
Thirty Years' View (Vol. I of 2) | Thomas Hart BentonThis was the first appointment of a minister resident, since the original ones, under which all expenses were to be paid.
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