minister

Universal Words noun, verb noun 1 (often Minister) (BrE) (in Britain and many other countries) a senior member of the government who is in charge of a government department or a branch of one: the Minister of Education * a meeting of EU Foreign Ministers * senior ministers in the Cabinet * cabinet ministers seealsoPRIMEMINISTER 2 (in some Protestant Christian Churches) a trained religious leader: a Methodist minister comparePASTOR, PRIEST, VICAR 3 a person, lower in rank than an AMBASSADOR, whose job is to represent their government in a foreign country verb PHRASALVERBS minister to sb/sth (formal) to care for sb, especially sb who is sick or old, and make sure that they have everything they need