| 单词 | military secretary |
| 释义 | > as lemmasMilitary Secretary Military Secretary n. an army staff officer who formerly acted as personal and confidential secretary to the Commander-in-Chief or certain other specified officers (see quot. 1876), and who has responsibility for promotions. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > officer according to function > [noun] > military secretary Military Secretary1785 1785 Calcutta Gaz. 17 Feb. 5/1 Captain Norman McLeod is appointed Military Secretary to the Governer General. 1876 G. E. Voyle & G. de Saint-Clair-Stevenson Mil. Dict. (ed. 3) 255/2 Military Secretary, an officer attached to the staff of the commander-in-chief, to governors of provinces, and to an officer commanding an army in the field. His duties to some extent are confidential, and he relieves the officer under whom he is serving of a great deal of personal correspondence. 1947 R. G. Jessel G, A, & Q iii. 9 At the end of the course, a report on each student is sent to the Military Secretary at the War Office. 1990 A. Beevor Inside Brit. Army xiii. 152 When the post of Commander-in-Chief was abolished on the recommendation of the Esher committee, the Military Secretary was attached to the Secretary of State for War and the appointment lost much of its power. < as lemmas |
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