单词 | permsec |
释义 | permsecn. In later use chiefly West African. A permanent secretary. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > a or the government > civil service > [noun] > civil servant > specific grades of British permanent secretary1785 abstracter1857 abstractor1859 permanent under-secretary1859 principal1867 second division1897 abstractor clerk1901 permsec1908 secretary1932 Perm.S.1942 under-secretary1959 1908 A. L. Lowell Govt. Eng. 123 (note) Evid. of Sir R. E. Welby, Perm. Sec. of Treas., Qs. 10704-9. 1946 Times 1 Jan. 4/6 Street, Sir Arthur William..now acting Perm. Sec., Office of Control Comm. 1975 J. Wyllie Butterfly Flood xxii. 95 The Perm. Sec's. house was..much pillared and porticoed. 1976 Daily Times (Lagos) 16 Oct. 19/1 (heading) Why retired permsec's daughter stole in London. 1999 Africa News (Nexis) 27 Dec. (heading) Police arrest permsec over N400m deal. 2002 H. Igboanusi Dict. Nigerian Eng. Usage 220 Perm sec, a clipped form of permanent secretary, i.e. the head of a government parastatal or ministry, as in ‘Perm Sec lauds Indian film makers.’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1908 |
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