Definition of French foreign office

1. Noun. The French department in charge of foreign affairs; referred to familiarly by its address in Paris.

Exact synonyms: Quai D'orsay
Generic synonyms: Foreign Office

Lexicographical Neighbors of French Foreign Office

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French cut
French cuts
French dip
French donut
French donuts
French door
French doors
French drain
French drains
French dressing
French dressing for fruit salad
French endive
French flag problem
French flap
French foreign office
French franc
French francs
French fries
French fritter
French fry
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French heel
French honeysuckle
French horn
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French inhale
French inhaled
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Literary usage of French foreign office

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Memorials of John Murray of Broughton: Sometime Secretary to Prince Charles by John Murray (1898)
"... Ill LETTERS AND MINUTES FROM THE ARCHIVES OF THE french foreign office Printed by permission of M. ..."

2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"... of compliments between France and Russia were no longer to be the sole international ceremonials within the attributes of the french foreign office; ..."

3. A History of the American People by Woodrow Wilson (1918)
"Gerard was a secretary in the french foreign office and executed on behalf of France the treaties of February 6, 1778, Franklin, Deane, and Arthur Lee ..."

4. Rise to World Power: Selected Letters of Whitelaw Reid, 1895-1912 by Whitelaw Reid, David R. Contosta, Jessica R. Hawthorne (1986)
"Of course you understand that the french foreign office and French people are more in sympathy with Spain for financial and other reasons than any other ..."

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