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Foreign Service
Foreign Servicen.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 n (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 for′eign serv′ice
n. (often caps.) a division of the U.S. Department of State or of a foreign office that supplies diplomatic and consular personnel. [1925–30] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | Foreign Service - the part of the State Department that supplies diplomats for the United States embassies and consulates around the worldDepartment 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 |
foreign service
foreign service: see diplomatic servicediplomatic service,
organized body of agents maintained by governments to communicate with one another. Origins
Until the 15th cent. any formal communication or negotiation among nations was conducted either by means of ambassadors specially appointed for a
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organized body of public officers maintained by a government in the important ports and trade centers of foreign countries to protect the persons and interests of its nationals and to aid them in every possible way.
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Words related to Foreign Servicenoun the part of the State Department that supplies diplomats for the United States embassies and consulates around the worldRelated Words- Department of State
- DoS
- State Department
- United States Department of State
- State
- bureau
- federal agency
- government agency
- agency
- office
- authority
- accredit
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