minister:
(plural: ‘ministers‘)
a person/politician in charge of a particular department of a government, usually chosen from the members elected by the people;
Ministers at a meeting
If I were the minister of education, I would abolish the system of using prescribed text books in junior schools!
The health minister is in charge of the health care system.
The minister for foreign affairs visits foreign countries most often to discuss trade, social and political relations with them.
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a high level officer from the foreign affairs department who officially represents his/her country in a foreign country, usually below the rank of an ambassador;
Our country is planning to send a minister to the neighbouring countries to discuss and settle the border disputes.
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a Christian minister preaching
(in Christian Church) an authorised religious person who works for the Church much like that of a priest or pastor, such as conducting weddings, funerals, baptism, etc., but is not given that official name ‘priest or pastor’,
The most important job of a Christian minister is to teach Christian beliefs to the masses.
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a person who acts as an agent for another person or some business, carrying out specific orders; a person who acts as a servant to another person,
We are sending our minister with specific guidelines to negotiate terms with our chief competitor so that both of us can do our businesses without any interference from the other.
