单词 | geheimrat |
释义 | Geheimratn. In Germany, a privy councillor (see also quot. 1911). ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > council of state > [noun] > member of council of state > in Germany Geheimrat1837 1837 H. C. Robinson Diary 27 July (1967) 180 I called on Geheimrat Schlosser and had an interesting chat with him. 1911 Encycl. Brit. XXII. 373/2 The title..of Geheimer Rat simply is very generally, e.g. in Prussia, given to high officials, usually with the addition of the branch of the service to which they belong, e.g. Geheimer Finanzrat. 1936 A. Huxley Eyeless in Gaza liii. 601 The sofas where the Geheimrats slept off the effects of noonday eating. 1943 H. L. Mencken Heathen Days vii. 91 Thus a plain Mister became Doctor, a Doctor became Professor, and a Professor became Geheimrat. 1971 W. H. Auden Academic Graffiti 19 The Geheimrat in Goethe Made him all the curter With Leute who were leery Of his Colour Theory. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1837 |
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