Home Secretaryn.

Brit.

/ˌhəʊm ˈsɛkrᵻt(ə)ri/,

/ˌhəʊm ˈsɛkrᵻtɛri/, U.S.

/ˌhoʊm ˈsɛkrəˌtɛri/

Forms: also with lower-case initials.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: home n.¹, secretary n.¹

Etymology: < home n.¹ + secretary n.¹

In the United Kingdom: the Secretary of State for the Home Department, the government minister in charge of the Home Office.The position of Home Secretary was created in 1782 and was first held by Lord Shelburne.

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society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > a or the government > government minister > [noun] > minister in British government > of specific department

Chancellor of the Exchequerc1330

Lords (Commissioners) of the Treasury1642

foreign secretary1734

Home Secretary1784

war-minister1790

oil minister1960

1784 J. Stockdale New Compan. London Cal. 79 With the home Secretary, all grants, pardons, and regulations in civil matters of every kind, are made out and executed.

1844 Ainsworth's Mag. 6 113 The manœuvres by which certain county members manage to obtain audiences of the home secretary, or the colonial secretary.

1881 E. W. Hamilton Diary 25 Dec. (1972) I. 204 An office established to register the decrees of the Home Secretary and other Ministers.

1926 Times 15 Jan. 14/3 The Home Secretary..promised a number of reforms in police procedure.

1958 S. Hyland Who goes Hang? viii. 44 Home Secretary. A question to the Home Sec.

1999 New Statesman 8 Nov. 39/1 Most of what goes wrong in prisons can cause damaging political fall-out and home secretaries need all the help they can get.

2008 Daily Tel. 21 Jan. 4/3 Jacqui Smith, the Home Secretary, has backed moves to install scanning arches at the gates of Britain's toughest secondary schools.

Derivatives

ˌHome ˈSecretaryship n. the position of Home Secretary; a period of occupying this position.

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?1788 Prince Pitt!!! (single sheet) To Lady Chatham's Father, the Home Secretaryship of State!

1815 N. W. Wraxall Hist. Mem. II. 166 One of the Under Secretaries of State in Fox's Office..having taken for himself the foreign Department, left the home Secretaryship to Lord Shelburne.

1880 E. W. Hamilton Diary 9 May (1972) I. 10 He expected at least a seat in the Cabinet and the Home Secretaryship.

1976 S. Wales Echo 22 Nov. 8/9 One remembers Roy Jenkins's alarmingly feeble Home Secretaryship.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	home secretary
释义	Home Secretaryn. Brit. /ˌhəʊm ˈsɛkrᵻt(ə)ri/, /ˌhəʊm ˈsɛkrᵻtɛri/, U.S. /ˌhoʊm ˈsɛkrəˌtɛri/ Forms: also with lower-case initials. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: home n.¹, secretary n.¹ Etymology: < home n.¹ + secretary n.¹ In the United Kingdom: the Secretary of State for the Home Department, the government minister in charge of the Home Office.The position of Home Secretary was created in 1782 and was first held by Lord Shelburne. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > a or the government > government minister > [noun] > minister in British government > of specific department Chancellor of the Exchequerc1330 Lords (Commissioners) of the Treasury1642 foreign secretary1734 Home Secretary1784 war-minister1790 oil minister1960 1784 J. Stockdale New Compan. London Cal. 79 With the home Secretary, all grants, pardons, and regulations in civil matters of every kind, are made out and executed. 1844 Ainsworth's Mag. 6 113 The manœuvres by which certain county members manage to obtain audiences of the home secretary, or the colonial secretary. 1881 E. W. Hamilton Diary 25 Dec. (1972) I. 204 An office established to register the decrees of the Home Secretary and other Ministers. 1926 Times 15 Jan. 14/3 The Home Secretary..promised a number of reforms in police procedure. 1958 S. Hyland Who goes Hang? viii. 44 Home Secretary. A question to the Home Sec. 1999 New Statesman 8 Nov. 39/1 Most of what goes wrong in prisons can cause damaging political fall-out and home secretaries need all the help they can get. 2008 Daily Tel. 21 Jan. 4/3 Jacqui Smith, the Home Secretary, has backed moves to install scanning arches at the gates of Britain's toughest secondary schools. Derivatives ˌHome ˈSecretaryship n. the position of Home Secretary; a period of occupying this position. ΚΠ ?1788 Prince Pitt!!! (single sheet) To Lady Chatham's Father, the Home Secretaryship of State! 1815 N. W. Wraxall Hist. Mem. II. 166 One of the Under Secretaries of State in Fox's Office..having taken for himself the foreign Department, left the home Secretaryship to Lord Shelburne. 1880 E. W. Hamilton Diary 9 May (1972) I. 10 He expected at least a seat in the Cabinet and the Home Secretaryship. 1976 S. Wales Echo 22 Nov. 8/9 One remembers Roy Jenkins's alarmingly feeble Home Secretaryship. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1784
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