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receiver-general
1. A chief receiver, esp. of public revenues. (Also † general receiver.)
In Great Britain now only as the title of an official of the Duchy of Lancaster. In some of the United States of America an additional title of the State Treasurer.
1439Rolls of Parlt. V. 7/2 Delivered bi the Receyvours Generall of the saide Duchies. 1460Ibid. 383/1 In and of all our said Duchie [of Lancaster], ther hath been..oon general Receyvour. 1509–10Act 1 Hen. VIII, c. 3 The Kyng..entendythe that divers Revenues & Duetys dewe..to hys Highnes shalbe payde to..his generall Receyvor. 1540Act 32 Hen. VIII, c. 46 §31 To make payment to the kinges receyvour generall. 1607in Cowell Interpr. 1630R. Johnson's Kingd. & Commw. 167 Treasurer of the Exchequer, instituted in Francis the first his time, in place of the Receiver generall. 1656Pub. Gen. Acts 217 The Receivers-General for this whole Six Moneths Assessment shall..Receive from the Receivers-General of the respective Counties, Cities, and Places,..the Sums of Money..to be Taxed. 1702Lond. Gaz. No. 3825/3 Receiver-General of the Rights and Perquisites of the Admiralty. 1705Ibid. No. 4104/3 The Receiver-General for Prizes. 1709Ibid. No. 4535/3 Late Receiver-General for the County of Suffolk. 1839Alison Hist. Europe (1849–50) VII. xlii. §16. 99 The receivers-general of the service were invited to deposit the sums they had drawn. 1876Bancroft Hist. U.S. IV. xiv. 413 Having voted to pay no more money to the royal collector, they chose a receiver-general of their own, and instituted a system of provincial taxation.
fig.1809Malkin Gil Blas vii. iii. ⁋3, I mean to make you the receiver-general of all my inmost ruminations.
†2. transf.
a. slang. A prostitute. Obs.
b. Pugilists' slang. (See quot. 1903.) Obs.
1811Lexicon Balatronicum, Receiver General, a prostitute. 1821P. Egan Boxiana III. 356 It was evident M‘Dermot was doomed to be a Receiver-General; although he had nobbed Purcell over the right eye..Purcell had the best of it. 1829Ibid. 2nd Ser. II. 180 Dick was now a receiver-general, and his mug was severely bruised. 1903Farmer & Henley Slang VI. 5/1 Receiver-general..(pugilists'), a boxer giving nothing for what he gets.
Hence receiver-generalship.
1874Daily News 2 June 5/5 A Minister of Finance's patronage comprised receiver-generalships [etc.]. |