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Plural of minister

regular plural

The plural of minister is ministers.

Forms of minister

Singularminister /ˈmɪn.əˌstɚ/
Pluralministers /ˈmɪnəstɚz/
Countablecountable

Ministers in a sentence

  • I met with them several times. The government ministers met today to start the negotiations.From the entry meet
  • The prime ministers engaged in diplomatic amenities before signing the treaty.From the entry amenities
  • The NATO ministerial was attended by the defence ministers of all member states.From the entry ministerial
  • They spoke at a quadrilateral meeting of the trade ministers of the United States, the European Union, Canada, and Japan.From the entry quadrilateral
  • This is a list of all prime ministers since Churchill.From the entry prime minister

Meaning of minister

  1. noun A person who is trained to preach, to perform religious ceremonies, and to afford pastoral care at a Protestant church.
  2. noun A person (either a layperson or an ordained clergy member) who is commissioned to perform some act on behalf of the Catholic Church.
  3. noun A politician who heads a ministry.

Full definition of minister

Questions about the plural of minister

What is the plural of minister?
The plural of minister is ministers.
Is minister countable?
Minister is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: minister (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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