Nearby words
miniskirt, ministate, minister, minister of state, minister of the crown, minister plenipotentiary, minister resident, minister without portfolio, ministerial, ministerialist, ministerium
Origin of minister plenipotentiary
First recorded in 1635–45
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Examples from the Web for minister plenipotentiary
But he was suddenly sent to Persia as minister-plenipotentiary.
Matthews was likewise invested with the character of minister-plenipotentiary to the king of Sardinia and the states of Italy.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.II.|Tobias Smollett
British Dictionary definitions for minister plenipotentiary
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