foreign secretary

noun

, Chiefly British.

1. foreign minister.

Word History and Origins

Origin of foreign secretary¹

First recorded in 1650–60

Example Sentences

British Foreign Secretary David Lammy called the veto a "disgrace".

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Remember the former Foreign Secretary, James Cleverly, visited Beijing in only August last year.

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UK Labour Labour Foreign Secretary David Lammy previously called Trump a "neo-Nazi-sympathising sociopath", in 2018 when he was a backbench MP, but has dismissed those comments as "old news", insisting he would be able to find "common ground" with the president-elect.

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Shadow foreign secretary Dame Priti Patel, who left government two months before negotiations began under Rishi Sunak, said the accord would "give away a key strategic asset" in the Indian Ocean.

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Other Tories to have criticised the deal include James Cleverly, who took part in negotiations himself as foreign secretary but has since described Labour's proposed agreement as "weak".

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Related Words

• cabinet minister
• secretary of state