| 单词 | patronage secretary |
| 释义 | > as lemmasPatronage Secretary Patronage Secretary n. an official through whom patronage is administered; spec. the Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (Chief Whip) in the British Government (formerly called the Patronage Secretary of the Treasury). ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > holder of office > public officials > [noun] > controller of appointments Patronage Secretary1852 1852 B. Disraeli Ld. G. Bentinck xvii. 314 Sir Robert appointed the man of the world financial secretary of the treasury..and entrusted to the student, under the usual title of patronage secretary of the treasury, the management of the house of commons. 1874 A. Trollope Phineas Redux I. xvi. 127 Roby..was at this moment Mr. Daubeny's head whip and patronage secretary. 1940 Amer. Polit. Sci. Rev. 34 69 The jobs are dealt out by the boss, acting through the nominal official and the mayor's patronage secretary. 1988 Times 16 Jan. 1/3 It was the day, he..said, when the patronage secretary (chief whip) could ‘get stuffed’. < as lemmas |
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