minister of state

minister of state
noun (plural ministers of state)
: a British governmental official having a status between a minister and a parliamentary secretary and usually appointed to relieve a minister of portions of his departmental work

promoted Minister of State at the Foreign Office — Herbert Morrison

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Minister of State noun
An additional, usu non-Cabinet, minister in (but ranking below the head of) a large government department
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Main Entry:minister

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minister of state UK US noun [countable] [singular minister of state plural ministers of state]
someone who has an important job in a government department in the UK
Thesaurus: individual government officialshyponym

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ˌMinister of ˈState [Minister of State] noun
a British government minister but not one who is in charge of a department

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