foreign service: see diplomatic service diplomatic service, organized body of agents maintained by governments to communicate with one another. Origins

Until the 15th cent. any formal communication or negotiation among nations was conducted either by means of ambassadors specially
..... Click the link for more information. ; consular service consular service, organized body of public officers maintained by a government in the important ports and trade centers of foreign countries to protect the persons and interests of its nationals and to aid them in every possible way.
..... Click the link for more information. .

foreign service

or diplomatic service

Staff of a state's international-affairs department that represents the state's interests in foreign countries. It fulfills two functions, diplomatic and consular. The standards for foreign-service jobs are similar in most countries. Before the 20th century, wealth, aristocratic standing, and political connections were the chief requirements for high-ranking diplomatic positions. Political appointees still hold the top positions in many foreign missions, but their subordinates generally must demonstrate their education and intellectual ability through a competitive examination. Foreign-service personnel have special legal rights (e.g., they do not have to pay taxes to their host country). See also ambassador.

Mentioned in	?		References in classic literature	?		Encyclopedia browser	?		Full browser	?
No references found	The Flea then went into foreign service, where, it is said, he was killed. Andersen's Fairy Tales by Andersen, Hans Christian View in context And though he belonged to the household troops, who, as it was their duty to rally round the Prince Regent, had not shown their valour in foreign service yet, Rawdon Crawley had already (apropos of play, of which he was immoderately fond) fought three bloody duels, in which he gave ample proofs of his contempt for death. Vanity Fair by Thackeray, William Makepeace View in context He is desirous to be a true Swiss and to enter into foreign service, but we cannot part with him, at least until his elder brother returns to us. Frankenstein by Shelley, Mary View in context	Forehearth foreign Foreign Affairs foreign agent foreign aid Foreign Board Foreign Bodies Foreign Broadcasting Foreign Campaigns of the Russian Army of 1813-14 foreign element foreign exchange foreign exchange service foreign format foreign inclusion foreign key Foreign Languages, Pedagogical Institutes of Foreign Legion Foreign Legion, French foreign matter foreign minister Foreign Ministers, Council Foreign Ministers, Council of foreign office Foreign Organization Committee of the RSDLP KZO Foreign Policy foreign service Foreign Settlements Foreign Trade Foreign Trade Arbitration Commission Foreign Trade Association Foreign Trade Prices Foreign Trade Statistics Foreign Trade Transaction Foreign Words foreign workers foreign-body locator Foreign-Exchange Control Foreign-Exchange Legislation Foreign-Exchange Market Foreign-Exchange Monopoly Foreign-Exchange Offenses Foreign-Exchange Reserves Forel scale Forel, Auguste Henri Forel, Francois-Alphonse Forel, François-Alphonse foreland foreland facies Foreland, North, and South Foreland foreleg forelimb	Foreign Relations Authorization Act Foreign relations of Anguilla Foreign relations of Anguilla Foreign relations of Anguilla Foreign relations of Bermuda Foreign relations of Bermuda Foreign relations of New Caledonia Foreign relations of New Caledonia Foreign relations of Rhodesia Foreign relations of Rhodesia Foreign relations of the Paracel Islands Foreign relations of the United States Foreign Remaining on Board Foreign Researcher Invitation Program Foreign Resident Withholding Foreign Resident Withholding Variation Foreign Restricted List Foreign Sales Agent Foreign Sales Corporation Foreign Sales Corporation Foreign Sales Corporation and Extraterritorial Income Exclusion Foreign Sales Corporations Foreign Science & Technology Center Foreign Sea Duty Foreign Secretaries Foreign Secretary Foreign Separate Rations foreign serum foreign serum foreign serum foreign service Foreign Service Allowances Foreign Service Assignment Notebook Foreign Service Availability Foreign Service Credits Foreign Service Dispatch Foreign Service Employee Foreign Service Grievance Board Foreign Service Health Practitioner Foreign Service Institute Foreign Service Institute - National Foreign Affairs Training Center Foreign Service National Foreign Service Nurse Practitioner Foreign Service Officer Foreign Service Officer Test Foreign Service Oral Assessment Foreign Service Pay Foreign Service Pension System Foreign Service Premium Foreign Service Regional Medical Officer Foreign Service Regional Medical Technologists Foreign Service Retirement Actuarial Foreign Service Retirement and Disability Fund Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System Foreign Service Selection Date

Mentioned in

References in classic literature

Encyclopedia browser

Full browser

No references found

The Flea then went into foreign service, where, it is said, he was killed.

Andersen's Fairy Tales by Andersen, Hans Christian View in context

And though he belonged to the household troops, who, as it was their duty to rally round the Prince Regent, had not shown their valour in foreign service yet, Rawdon Crawley had already (apropos of play, of which he was immoderately fond) fought three bloody duels, in which he gave ample proofs of his contempt for death.

Vanity Fair by Thackeray, William Makepeace View in context

He is desirous to be a true Swiss and to enter into foreign service, but we cannot part with him, at least until his elder brother returns to us.

Frankenstein by Shelley, Mary View in context

Foreign Campaigns of the Russian Army of 1813-14

foreign element

foreign exchange

foreign exchange service

foreign format

foreign inclusion

foreign key

Foreign Languages, Pedagogical Institutes of

Foreign Legion

Foreign Legion, French

foreign matter

foreign minister

Foreign Ministers, Council

Foreign Ministers, Council of

foreign office

Foreign Organization Committee of the RSDLP KZO

Foreign Policy

foreign service

Foreign Settlements

Foreign Trade

Foreign Trade Arbitration Commission

Foreign Trade Association

Foreign Trade Prices

Foreign Trade Statistics

Foreign Trade Transaction

Foreign Words

foreign workers

foreign-body locator

Foreign-Exchange Control

Foreign-Exchange Legislation

Foreign-Exchange Market

Foreign-Exchange Monopoly

Foreign-Exchange Offenses

Foreign-Exchange Reserves

Forel scale

Forel, Auguste Henri

Forel, Francois-Alphonse

Forel, François-Alphonse

foreland

foreland facies

Foreland, North, and South Foreland

foreleg

forelimb

foreign service

Foreign Service Allowances
Foreign Service Assignment Notebook
Foreign Service Availability
Foreign Service Credits
Foreign Service Dispatch
Foreign Service Employee
Foreign Service Grievance Board
Foreign Service Health Practitioner
Foreign Service Institute
Foreign Service Institute - National Foreign Affairs Training Center
Foreign Service National
Foreign Service Nurse Practitioner
Foreign Service Officer
Foreign Service Officer Test
Foreign Service Oral Assessment
Foreign Service Pay
Foreign Service Pension System
Foreign Service Premium
Foreign Service Regional Medical Officer
Foreign Service Regional Medical Technologists
Foreign Service Retirement Actuarial
Foreign Service Retirement and Disability Fund
Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System
Foreign Service Selection Date