Minister Education Foreign Government Noun ˈmɪnɪstə(R ˈmɪnɪstər Defence

• the minister of education
• she became minister of education in 2016.
• a new minister of defence had been appointed.
• a meeting of eu foreign ministers

minister

1. a senior member of the government who is in charge of a government department or a branch of one
• SEE ALSO first minister
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/first-minister
• the Minister of Education
• She became minister of education in 2016.
• A new minister of defence had been appointed.
• a meeting of EU Foreign Ministers
• senior ministers in the Cabinet
• cabinet/government ministers
• the finance/defence/interior/justice minister
• The health minister announced £10 billion in extra funding.

Extra Examples

• Groups are lobbying the Transport Minister over the issue.
• Local authorities should submit schemes to the relevant minister for approval.
• Ministers are accountable to Parliament.
• Queen Elizabeth's chief minister, Lord Burghley
• The foreign minister intervened with disastrous results.
• the minister responsible for the health service
• the new minister for the Arts
2. a trained religious leader
• COMPARE pastor
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/pastor
• a Methodist minister
• He was ordained minister of a small rural congregation.
3. a person, lower in rank than an ambassador, whose job is to represent their government in a foreign country

Word Origin

• Middle English (in sense (2); also in the sense ‘a person acting under the authority of another’): from Old French ministre (noun), ministrer (verb), from Latin minister ‘servant’, from minus ‘less’.