minister
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3.0
- noun
- /ˈmɪnɪstər/
- UK
:
ministro
- Mr. Prime Minister and Mr. President
- foreign minister
- defense minister
- finance minister
Well, one of the main challenges as a minister, OK, has been corruption.
- Well, one of the main challenges as a minister, OK, has been corruption.
- Now she is the Minister of Justice in France.
- Before, all my ministers were unknown.
- And I met a number of the ministers.
- The, the, the inquiry's own committee seemed to decide that the first minister had misled Parliament.
- And no accident that Sweden, Denmark and Norway all have a minister of gender equality.
- I was meeting some of his members of his staff, including the minister of loneliness.
- That's the guy that hire and fire prime ministers.
Examples
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This meeting endorses the minister's proposals.
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And so after that he became the minister of interior in Afghanistan.
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Now she is the Minister of Justice in France.
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Well, one of the main challenges as a minister, OK, has been corruption.
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One day, one of his ministers made a mistake.
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Nice to meet you, Minister Chan.
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Peretz's term as Labor leader and defense minister did not go well, to say the least.
Academic text (2011) -
The organisations have written to care services minister Paul Burstow seeking government backing for the campaign.
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And no accident that Sweden, Denmark and Norway all have a minister of gender equality.
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She was appointed as the minister of health, overseeing crucial public health policies.
Synonyms
572
5.1
A person who manages a government department or public service
411
4.1
A senior government official who leads a major department
118
3.2
A person elected or appointed to carry out government work
84
3.5
A person who makes rules for a government or organization
12
5.0
A senior government official who is part of the cabinet and leads a government department
5
3.7
A person in the government who leads a department and makes rules about it
Antonyms
Compounds
- Formal
72
4.2
A government official who manages a country's money, taxes and spending
12
5.0
A senior government official who is part of the cabinet and leads a government department
5
3.7
A person in the government who leads a department and makes rules about it
- Specialized
A government official who represents their country in another country and ranks below an ambassador
- Formal
A government diplomat below an ambassador who can sign agreements for their country
How Senior
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word minister comes from the Latin minister, which means 'servant' or 'helper'. So a government minister is a senior official whose job is to 'serve' the public by leading and managing a part of government.