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foreign office

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foreign office
n. Abbr. FO
The governmental department in charge of foreign affairs in certain countries.
foreign office
n
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) the ministry of a country or state that is concerned with dealings with other states US equivalent State Department Canadian equivalent (department of) external affairs
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Noun1.Foreign Office - the government department in charge of foreign relations
ministry - a government department under the direction of a minister
French Foreign Office, Quai d'Orsay - the French department in charge of foreign affairs; referred to familiarly by its address in Paris
Translations
Foreign Office n (Brit) → ministero degli Esteri
Foreign Office n (Brit) → ministero degli Esteri


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The Foreign Office especially is ageing its men fast these few years.
The Vanished Messenger by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context
The number of the cab which dropped a fare at or about the door of the Foreign Office in Charles Street at quarter to ten in the evening of May 23d.
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Sir Henry Harland Fisher, with half the alphabet after his name, was something at the Foreign Office far more tremendous than the Foreign Secretary.
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