minister resident

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noun, plural ministers resident.

a diplomatic agent serving in a minor country and ranking next below an ambassador.

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Origin of minister resident

An Americanism dating back to 1840–50

Words nearby minister resident

ministerialist, ministerium, minister of state, Minister of the Crown, minister plenipotentiary, minister resident, minister without portfolio, ministrant, ministrate, ministration, ministroke

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.
The Domestic Life of Thomas Jefferson Compiled From Family Letters and Reminiscences|Sarah N. Randolph
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 Michie
Under 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. Walker
Our early diplomatic policy, eschewing all foreign entanglement, rejected the office of "minister resident."
Thirty Years' View (Vol. I of 2)|Thomas Hart Benton

This was the first appointment of a minister resident, since the original ones, under which all expenses were to be paid.
Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson|Thomas Jefferson