minister resident

noun

, plural ministers resident.

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of minister resident¹

An Americanism dating back to 1840–50

Example Sentences

It is the usage here (and I suppose at all courts), that a minister resident shall establish his house in the first instant.

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At the same time he recommended that the future British representative should bear the title of Minister Resident.

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

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Our early diplomatic policy, eschewing all foreign entanglement, rejected the office of "minister resident."

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

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