Meanings

courtier

prime minister (as the head of a cabinet government)

Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal (1885-1945)

Home Minister (pre-1947)

Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

disloyalty

military retainer

Minister of Education

Minister of Justice

strategist

Minister of Posts and Telecommunications

Minister of Labour

rear vassal

loyal retainer

nominal (figurehead) minister

a crowd or large number of one's retainers or subjects

shogunate retainer

meritorious retainer

treacherous retainer

low-rank retainer