单词 | minister of the marine |
释义 | > as lemmasminister (also ministry) of (the) marine 4. In the governments of certain countries (originally and chiefly France): a department which administers the navy (corresponding to the former Admiralty in the British government). Only in minister (also ministry) of (the) marine. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > administration and ceremonial > [noun] > Admiralty admiralty1459 navy board1681 Navy Department1779 minister of marine1782 1782 B. Franklin Let. 12 Aug. in Writings (1987) 1053 The money is in the hands of the minister of the marine. 1784 Life Paul Jones (ed. 4) 24 Count D'Orvilliers transmitted an account of his expedition to the Minister of the Marine. 1835 A. Ure Philos. Manuf. 112 The French Minister of Marine. 1848 W. K. Kelly tr. L. Blanc Hist. Ten Years II. 501 It left the ministry of public works to M. Martin (du Nord), that of marine to M. de Rosamel. 1886 Ld. Brassey Naval Ann. 503 The Council of the [Russian] Empire..ordered the Ministry of Marine to present a plan of construction. 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 201/1 The French minister of marine..controls the navy of France on a highly centralized system of administration. 1962 S. E. Finer Man on Horseback xi. 187 In his..capacities as Prime Minister, Minister of War and Marine,..and Military Governor of Egypt. 1991 N. Longmate Island Fortress xiii. 162 A letter to Prince Charles from the French Minister of Marine, the Comte de Maurepas, dated December 1745. minister of the marine Frequently with modifying word, either preceding (as colonial minister, defence minister, health minister, prime minister, etc.), or after of, for, or another preposition (as †minister of the marine, minister for (also of) foreign affairs, etc.): examples not covered elsewhere are included here. Minister without Portfolio: see Minister without Portfolio at portfolio n. Phrases a.extracted from ministern.< as lemmas |
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