foreign secretary
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of foreign secretary
First recorded in 1650–60
Example Sentences
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Miliband is now the foreign secretary in Burnham's government.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
Ed Miliband is the new foreign secretary, moving from the energy and net zero brief he has held since Labour returned to power.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
Ed Miliband moves from energy secretary to foreign secretary, replacing Yvette Cooper who is now the health secretary.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
“It would be superfluous in me,” Abraham Lincoln’s emissary Charles Francis Adams wrote to the British foreign secretary, “to point out to your lordship that this is war.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
Alex Douglas-Home, the British foreign secretary, was rumored to be working behind the scenes to help our cause.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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