Foreign Officen.

Brit.

/ˈfɒrᵻn ˌɒfɪs/,

/ˈfɒrn̩ ˌɒfɪs/, U.S.

/ˈfɔrən ˌɔfəs/,

/ˈfɔrən ˌɑfəs/,

/ˈfɑrən ˌɑfəs/

Forms: see foreign adj., n.², and adv. and office n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: foreign adj., office n.

Etymology: < foreign adj. + office n.With sense 2 compare slightly later home office n. 1.

1. With the. The department of the British Post Office concerned with mail sent to, or received from, outside the British Isles. Now historical.The Foreign Office merged with its domestic counterpart, the Inland Office, in 1840.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > correspondence > postal services > [noun] > public department providing

Foreign Office1646

post office1652

post1663

post office department1782

P.O.1824

letter-house1832

1646 Disc. True State & Title of Comptroller, or Postmaster Generall 12 By which device of his, he comes to enjoy the whole fruits of the forraigne office himselfe.

1766 J. Entick Surv. London in New Hist. London IV. 295 In the foreign office, there is also a comptroller, and an alphabet keeper.

1836 Central Criminal Court: Minutes of Evid. 3 1014 There is a tunnel which communicates from the Foreign Office to the Inland Office—if a letter which ought to be sent to the Inland Office comes to the Foreign Office, the letter and postage are conveyed through the tunnel.

2013 S. Gregory Death in St James's Park (Paperback ed.) v. 177 Why did the postal clerks in the Foreign Office decide to talk to you specifically?

2. With the. In the United Kingdom and some countries of South Asia: the government department responsible for foreign affairs; the building occupied by this department. Cf. home office n. 1, State Department n.In the United Kingdom, the Foreign Office was created in 1782 and is headed by the Foreign Secretary. In 1968 it merged with the Commonwealth Office to became the Foreign and Commonwealth Office which in 2020 was merged with the Department for International Development to become the Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > a or the government > government department or agency > [noun]

exchequerc1330

department of state1761

department1769

Foreign Office1784

Andrew Millar1867

Secretariat1926

1784 Northampton Mercury 20 Sept. A Meeting of the Ministers of State at the Foreign Office, on some new Representations from the Court of Denmark.

1790 T. Jefferson Expences Dept. of State 17 June in Papers (1961) XVI. 512 The Home Office. One Clerk @ 800 dollrs... The Foreign Office One Clerk @ 800. dollrs.

1849 Morning Post 18 June 4/3 Senor Molina, the Costa Rican Minister, transacted business at the Foreign Office on Saturday, on behalf of the Republic of Guatemala.

1859 Sat. Rev. 8 62/2 The army and the Foreign Office have, to a certain extent, escaped the constitutionalizing process.

1923 D. Cooper Diary 3 Aug. (2005) 176 I went to the Foreign Office in the morning and took leave of McNeill.

1933 G. Arthur Septuagenarian's Scrap Bk. 33 The Foreign Office and the Quai d'Orsay must have put their cards on the table with quite amazing confidence in one another's goodwill.

2011 Daily Tel. 11 Nov. 31/4 Part of the problem is the attitude of the Foreign Office.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022).

单词	foreign office
释义	Foreign Officen. Brit. /ˈfɒrᵻn ˌɒfɪs/, /ˈfɒrn̩ ˌɒfɪs/, U.S. /ˈfɔrən ˌɔfəs/, /ˈfɔrən ˌɑfəs/, /ˈfɑrən ˌɑfəs/ Forms: see foreign adj., n.², and adv. and office n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: foreign adj., office n. Etymology: < foreign adj. + office n.With sense 2 compare slightly later home office n. 1. 1. With the. The department of the British Post Office concerned with mail sent to, or received from, outside the British Isles. Now historical.The Foreign Office merged with its domestic counterpart, the Inland Office, in 1840. ΘΚΠ society > communication > correspondence > postal services > [noun] > public department providing Foreign Office1646 post office1652 post1663 post office department1782 P.O.1824 letter-house1832 1646 Disc. True State & Title of Comptroller, or Postmaster Generall 12 By which device of his, he comes to enjoy the whole fruits of the forraigne office himselfe. 1766 J. Entick Surv. London in New Hist. London IV. 295 In the foreign office, there is also a comptroller, and an alphabet keeper. 1836 Central Criminal Court: Minutes of Evid. 3 1014 There is a tunnel which communicates from the Foreign Office to the Inland Office—if a letter which ought to be sent to the Inland Office comes to the Foreign Office, the letter and postage are conveyed through the tunnel. 2013 S. Gregory Death in St James's Park (Paperback ed.) v. 177 Why did the postal clerks in the Foreign Office decide to talk to you specifically? 2. With the. In the United Kingdom and some countries of South Asia: the government department responsible for foreign affairs; the building occupied by this department. Cf. home office n. 1, State Department n.In the United Kingdom, the Foreign Office was created in 1782 and is headed by the Foreign Secretary. In 1968 it merged with the Commonwealth Office to became the Foreign and Commonwealth Office which in 2020 was merged with the Department for International Development to become the Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > a or the government > government department or agency > [noun] exchequerc1330 department of state1761 department1769 Foreign Office1784 Andrew Millar1867 Secretariat1926 1784 Northampton Mercury 20 Sept. A Meeting of the Ministers of State at the Foreign Office, on some new Representations from the Court of Denmark. 1790 T. Jefferson Expences Dept. of State 17 June in Papers (1961) XVI. 512 The Home Office. One Clerk @ 800 dollrs... The Foreign Office One Clerk @ 800. dollrs. 1849 Morning Post 18 June 4/3 Senor Molina, the Costa Rican Minister, transacted business at the Foreign Office on Saturday, on behalf of the Republic of Guatemala. 1859 Sat. Rev. 8 62/2 The army and the Foreign Office have, to a certain extent, escaped the constitutionalizing process. 1923 D. Cooper Diary 3 Aug. (2005) 176 I went to the Foreign Office in the morning and took leave of McNeill. 1933 G. Arthur Septuagenarian's Scrap Bk. 33 The Foreign Office and the Quai d'Orsay must have put their cards on the table with quite amazing confidence in one another's goodwill. 2011 Daily Tel. 11 Nov. 31/4 Part of the problem is the attitude of the Foreign Office. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022). < n.1646
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