state department

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

State Department
    n 1: the federal department in the United States that sets and
         maintains foreign policies; "the Department of State was
         created in 1789" [syn: {Department of State}, {United
         States Department of State}, {State Department}, {State},
         {DoS}]
    2: a department of government in one of the 50 states