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Definition of Foreign office
1. Noun. The government department in charge of foreign relations.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Foreign Office
Literary usage of Foreign office
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Guide to the Materials in London Archives for the History of the United by Charles Oscar Paullin, Frederic Logan Paxson (1914)
"foreign office PAPERS. INTRODUCTION. In ancient times the foreign relations of
Great Britain were not differentiated from domestic and other affairs, ..."
2. The American Journal of International Law by American Society of International Law (1908)
"foreign office, (cd. 4135.) 4£d. Egypt and the Soudan, Reports by HM agent and
... foreign office, (c 3965.) id. Industrial property convention of 1883, ..."
3. The Law and Custom of the Constitution by William Reynell Anson (1907)
"The foreign office. The Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs is assisted by
The staff two Under Secretaries of State, one of whom is political, ..."
4. Bismarck, the Man and the Statesman: Being the Reflections and Reminiscences by Otto Bismarck (1898)
"I also found further occasion to abolish customs which had prevailed in the
foreign office. The porter of the office, an old drunkard who had been there for ..."
5. Catalogue of the Books, Manuscripts, Maps and Drawings in the British Museum by Bernard Barham Woodward (1904)
"foreign office. Papers relative to the suppression of Slave-raiding in ...
foreign office. Further correspondence respecting the Behring Sea Seal Fisheries, ..."
6. Treaties and Agreements with and Concerning China, 1894-1919: A Collection by John Van Antwerp MacMurray (1921)
"... following revision is made in the organization of the foreign office:— " In
Article 1, Paragraph 2 shall be revised as follows:— of Kwantung Province in ..."
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