"shadow minister" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: shadow ministers [plural]
Etymology: See Shadow Cabinet. Head templates: {{en-noun}} shadow minister (plural shadow ministers)
  1. In British and some Commonwealth parliaments, a member of an opposition party, with responsibility for a particular portfolio. Wikipedia link: shadow minister Translations (member of an opposition party, with responsibility for a particular portfolio): stínový ministr [masculine] (Czech)

Inflected forms

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