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Definition of French foreign office
1. Noun. The French department in charge of foreign affairs; referred to familiarly by its address in Paris.
Lexicographical Neighbors of French Foreign Office
Literary usage of French foreign office
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Memorials of John Murray of Broughton: Sometime Secretary to Prince Charles by John Murray (1898)
"... Ill LETTERS AND MINUTES FROM THE ARCHIVES OF THE French foreign office Printed
by permission of M. ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"... of compliments between France and Russia were no longer to be the sole
international ceremonials within the attributes of the French foreign office; ..."
3. A History of the American People by Woodrow Wilson (1918)
"Gerard was a secretary in the French foreign office and executed on behalf of
France the treaties of February 6, 1778, Franklin, Deane, and Arthur Lee ..."
4. Rise to World Power: Selected Letters of Whitelaw Reid, 1895-1912 by Whitelaw Reid, David R. Contosta, Jessica R. Hawthorne (1986)
"Of course you understand that the French foreign office and French people are
more in sympathy with Spain for financial and other reasons than any other ..."
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