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minister resident

American  

noun

ministers resident plural
  1. a diplomatic agent serving in a minor country and ranking next below an ambassador.


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Etymology

Origin of minister resident

An Americanism dating back to 1840–50

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The courtiers with all their talents for dissembling could not conceal their hostile feelings from the British minister resident among them.

From The Life of Benjamin Franklin With Many Choice Anecdotes and admirable sayings of this great man never before published by any of his biographers by Weems, Mason Locke

Under the traditional policy of the United States, the Indian agent was a minister resident to a "domestic dependent nation."

From The Indian Question (1874) by Walker, Francis Amasa

About 1650, Varnar, the Dutch minister resident at the Ottoman Porte, published a treatise on coffee.

From All About Coffee by Ukers, William H. (William Harrison)

The proxenus is generally compared to the modern consul or minister resident.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" by Various

When the daughter of our late minister resident appeared in the cathedral with one, the innovation was the subject of severe remark.

From The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America by Orton, James

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