foreign secretary
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of foreign secretary
First recorded in 1650–60
Example Sentences
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Foreign secretary Vikram Misri said that Modi "strongly" conveyed India's long-held stand to Trump during a phone call between the two leaders on Tuesday.
From BBC • Jun. 18, 2025
Foreign secretary David Lammy has played down US president-elect Donald Trump's threats to acquire Greenland.
From BBC • Jan. 9, 2025
Foreign secretary James Cleverley has said that six Chinese officials have been removed from the UK, by China.
From BBC • Dec. 14, 2022
Foreign secretary in Gordon Brown’s government for three years from 2007, he says he had a clear vision of Britain’s role in the world when he got the job.
From The Guardian • Mar. 4, 2018
Our Indian empire is always in greater danger from a conceited Foreign secretary or a foolish Governor-general than from a rebellion of the native troops.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 379, May, 1847 by Various
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