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单词 foreign office
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foreign office

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noun

the department of a government that handles foreign affairs.

Origin of foreign office

First recorded in 1855–60

Words nearby foreign office

foreign-flag, foreignism, foreign legion, foreign minister, foreign mission, foreign office, foreign policy, foreign relations, Foreign Relations Committee, foreign secretary, foreign service
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Example sentences from the Web for foreign office

  • I need hardly observe that the Foreign-office has done its best to render the question more complicated.

    Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris|Henry Labouchre
  • When it reached the Governor, no one on his staff could decipher it, so it had to be returned to the Foreign-office.

    Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris|Henry Labouchre
  • These foreign-office documents are but Bellerophon letters,—born to betray.

    Arthur O'Leary|Charles James Lever

British Dictionary definitions for foreign office

foreign office

noun

the ministry of a country or state that is concerned with dealings with other statesUS equivalent: State Department Canadian equivalent: department of external affairs
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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