FOREIGN SERVICE

Pronunciation (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Foreign Service mean? 

• FOREIGN SERVICE (noun)
  The noun FOREIGN SERVICE has 1 sense:

1. the part of the State Department that supplies diplomats for the United States embassies and consulates around the world

  Familiarity information: FOREIGN SERVICE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FOREIGN SERVICE (noun)

Meaning:

The part of the State Department that supplies diplomats for the United States embassies and consulates around the world

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("Foreign Service" is a kind of...):

agency; authority; bureau; federal agency; government agency; office (an administrative unit of government)

Domain member category:

accredit (provide or send (envoys or embassadors) with official credentials)

Holonyms ("Foreign Service" is a part of...):

Department of State; DoS; State; State Department; United States Department of State (the federal department in the United States that sets and maintains foreign policies)