cabinet minister

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• noun politics A member of the executive branch of a government who has been appointed to the cabinet, the group of leading policy makers, advisers, and overseers of governmental departments who report to the prime minister.

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• noun a person who is a member of the cabinet
• noun the job of a senior minister who is a member of the cabinet