foreign service

English Thesaurus

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

hypernym	:	agency, authority, bureau, federal agency, government agency, office,
definition	:	an administrative unit of government (noun.group)

part meronym	:	department of state, dos, state, state department, united states department of state,
definition	:	the federal department in the United States that sets and maintains foreign policies (noun.group)

domain member category	:	accredit,
definition	:	provide or send (envoys or embassadors) with official credentials (verb.social)