shadow minister

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Etymology

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See Shadow Cabinet.

Noun

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shadow minister (plural shadow ministers)

  1. In British and some Commonwealth parliaments, a member of an opposition party, with responsibility for a particular portfolio.
    Holonym: shadow cabinet
    • 2023 June 28, “Network News: Shadow Minister in despair over Government's RNEP stalling”, in RAIL, number 986, page 16:
      The phrase 'shortly', when used by government rail ministers, means at least four years... and counting, Shadow Transport Minister Tan Dhesi has stated.

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