Foreign Service

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For·eign Service (fôr

n, f

1. The diplomatic and consular staff of the United States.

2. foreign service The diplomatic and consular personnel of a nation's foreign office.

foreign service

(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) Chiefly US the diplomatic and usually consular personnel of a foreign affairs ministry or foreign office collectively who represent their country abroad, deal with foreign diplomats at home, etc.

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Foreign Service - the part of the State Department that supplies diplomats for the United States embassies and consulates around the world

Department of State, DoS, State Department, United States Department of State, State - the federal department in the United States that sets and maintains foreign policies; "the Department of State was created in 1789"

bureau, federal agency, government agency, agency, office, authority - an administrative unit of government; "the Central Intelligence Agency"; "the Census Bureau"; "Office of Management and Budget"; "Tennessee Valley Authority"

accredit - provide or send (envoys or embassadors) with official credentials

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accredit agency authority BSFS bureau council Department of State diplomatic and/or consular facility DOS federal agency foreigner FS government agency locality office principal officer state State Department United States Department of State			The Flea then went into foreign service, where, it is said, he was killed. Andersen's Fairy Tales by Andersen, Hans Christian View in context And though he belonged to the household troops, who, as it was their duty to rally round the Prince Regent, had not shown their valour in foreign service yet, Rawdon Crawley had already (apropos of play, of which he was immoderately fond) fought three bloody duels, in which he gave ample proofs of his contempt for death. Vanity Fair by Thackeray, William Makepeace View in context He is desirous to be a true Swiss and to enter into foreign service, but we cannot part with him, at least until his elder brother returns to us. Frankenstein by Shelley, Mary View in context			foreign country foreign currency foreign direct investment foreign disaster foreign disaster relief foreign draft foreign exchange foreign humanitarian assistance foreign instrumentation signals intelligence foreign intelligence Foreign Intelligence Service Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court foreign internal defense foreign legion foreign military sales foreign military sales trainees foreign minister foreign mission foreign nation support foreign national foreign object damage foreign office foreign policy foreign secretary Foreign Service foreign terrorist organization foreign-born foreign-exchange rate foreigner Foreigners foreignism Foreignness Forein forejudge Forejudger Forejudgment foreknow Foreknowable Foreknower Foreknowingly foreknowledge foreknown Forel forelady foreland foreland basin Forelay Foreleader foreleg Forelend			Foreign Relations Authorization Act Foreign relations of Anguilla Foreign relations of Anguilla Foreign relations of Anguilla Foreign relations of Bermuda Foreign relations of Bermuda Foreign relations of New Caledonia Foreign relations of New Caledonia Foreign relations of Rhodesia Foreign relations of Rhodesia Foreign relations of the Paracel Islands Foreign relations of the United States Foreign Remaining on Board Foreign Researcher Invitation Program Foreign Resident Withholding Foreign Resident Withholding Variation Foreign Restricted List Foreign Sales Agent Foreign Sales Corporation Foreign Sales Corporation Foreign Sales Corporation and Extraterritorial Income Exclusion Foreign Sales Corporations Foreign Science & Technology Center Foreign Sea Duty Foreign Secretaries Foreign Secretary Foreign Separate Rations foreign serum foreign serum foreign serum Foreign Service Foreign Service Allowances Foreign Service Assignment Notebook Foreign Service Availability Foreign Service Credits Foreign Service Dispatch Foreign Service Employee Foreign Service Grievance Board Foreign Service Health Practitioner Foreign Service Institute Foreign Service Institute - National Foreign Affairs Training Center Foreign Service National Foreign Service Nurse Practitioner Foreign Service Officer Foreign Service Officer Test Foreign Service Oral Assessment Foreign Service Pay Foreign Service Pension System Foreign Service Premium Foreign Service Regional Medical Officer Foreign Service Regional Medical Technologists Foreign Service Retirement Actuarial Foreign Service Retirement and Disability Fund Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System Foreign Service Selection Date

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