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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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• ministers resident
  plural

Etymology

Origin of minister resident

An Americanism dating back to 1840–50

Example Sentences

Washington had a consul, charg� d'affaires or "minister resident" to the Papal States from 1797 to 1867, when, with the impending collapse of the Pope's regime, the U.S. legation was closed down.

From Time Magazine Archive

This was the first appointment of a minister resident, since the original ones, under which all expenses were to be paid.

From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 2 by Randolph, Thomas Jefferson

Adams, without giving them an inkling of his intention, sent to the Senate the name of William Vans Murray, minister resident at The Hague, to confirm as envoy extraordinary to France.

From The Conqueror by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn

Mr. Morris, our minister resident at Constantinople, will be informed of the particulars set forth in your dispatch, and of the approval of your proceedings.

From The Autobiography of a Journalist, Volume II by Stillman, William James

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