foreign office
noun
the department of a government that handles foreign affairs.
Origin of foreign office
First recorded in 1855–60
Words nearby foreign office
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 LabouchreWhen 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 LabouchreThese 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 states
US equivalent: State Department Canadian equivalent: department of external affairs