The Devil's Dictionary: Minister

Updated May 14, 2020 | Infoplease Staff
by Ambrose Bierce
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-n.

An agent of a higher power with a lower responsibility. In diplomacy and officer sent into a foreign country as the visible embodiment of his sovereign's hostility. His principal qualification is a degree of plausible inveracity next below that of an ambassador.

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