Foreign Service (Noun)
Meaning
The part of the State Department that supplies diplomats for the United States embassies and consulates around the world.
Classification
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects.
Examples
- The Foreign Service is responsible for representing the United States' interests abroad and providing assistance to American citizens living or traveling overseas.
- She had always dreamed of joining the Foreign Service and serving as a diplomat in a foreign country.
- After graduating from college, he applied to the Foreign Service and was accepted into the program, beginning his career as a diplomat.
- The Foreign Service officer was stationed in Paris, where she worked on trade agreements and cultural exchanges between the US and France.
- The State Department's Foreign Service Institute provides training for diplomats before they are assigned to posts around the world.